Identification of CNS-Penetrant Aryl Sulfonamides as Isoform-Selective NaV1.6 Inhibitors with Efficacy in Mouse Models of Epilepsy.
Focken, T., Burford, K., Grimwood, M.E., Zenova, A., Andrez, J.C., Gong, W., Wilson, M., Taron, M., Decker, S., Lofstrand, V., Chowdhury, S., Shuart, N., Lin, S., Goodchild, S.J., Young, C., Soriano, M., Tari, P.K., Waldbrook, M., Nelkenbrecher, K., Kwan, R., Lindgren, A., de Boer, G., Lee, S., Sojo, L., DeVita, R.J., Cohen, C.J., Wesolowski, S.S., Johnson Jr., J.P., Dehnhardt, C.M., Empfield, J.R.(2019) J Med Chem 62: 9618-9641
- PubMed: 31525968 
- DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01032
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6S41 - PubMed Abstract: 
Nonselective antagonists of voltage-gated sodium (Na V ) channels have been long used for the treatment of epilepsies. The efficacy of these drugs is thought to be due to the block of sodium channels on excitatory neurons, primarily Na V 1 ...