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ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2023

A review on epilepsy, current treatments, and potential of medicinal plants as an alternative treatment.

Bahar Roustaei, Somayeh Zarezadeh, Ali Akbar Ghotbi-Ravandi

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Review in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bahar RoustaeiFaculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Somayeh ZarezadehFaculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Ali Akbar Ghotbi-RavandiFaculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. a_ghotbi@sbu.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-7232
Shahid Beheshti University · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is considered common neurological diseases that threaten the lives of millions of people all around the world. Since ancient times, different forms of medications have been used to treat this condition. Adverse events associated with treatments and the residence time of available drugs caused to search for safer and more efficient therapies and drugs remain one of the major areas of research interest for scientists. As one of the therapeutics with fewer side effects, plants and their essential oils can be considered replacements for existing treatments. Medicinal plants have proven to be an effective natural source of antiepileptic drugs; most of them have their mechanism of action by affecting GABA receptors in different paths. Cannabis indica and Cymbopogon winterianus are well-known plant species with antiepileptic activities. The current review presenting a list of plants with antiepileptic effects aims to pave the way for finding alternative drugs with fewer side effects for scientists.

Indexed as

EpilepsyPlants, MedicinalAnticonvulsantsHumansPhytotherapyAnticonvulsantsAntiepilepticEpilepsyGABAGABA receptorsHerbal medicines

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PMID37581769
OpenAlexW4385827665

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