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The proposed mechanisms of action of CBD in epilepsy
Author(s) -
Gray Royston A.,
Whalley Benjamin J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2020.1135
Subject(s) - epilepsy , action (physics) , neuroscience , medicine , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Highly purified cannabidiol (CBD) (approved as Epidiolex ® in the United States and as EPIDYOLEX from the EU agency) has demonstrated efficacy with an acceptable safety profile in patients with Lennox–Gastaut or Dravet syndrome in four randomized controlled trials. While the mechanism of action of CBD underlying the reduction of seizures in humans is unknown, CBD possesses affinity for multiple targets, across a range of target classes, resulting in functional modulation of neuronal excitability, relevant to the pathophysiology of many disease types, including epilepsy. Here we present the pharmacological data supporting the role of three such targets, namely Transient receptor potential vanilloid‐1 (TRPV1), the orphan G protein‐coupled receptor‐55 (GPR55) and the equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT‐1).