Not exact matches
These drugs, now in preliminary testing, seem to
target the brain systems responsible for addiction One such medication, isradipine (Dynacirc), is a
calcium -
channel blocker most often prescribed for hypertension.
Of these, SLC24A4 and CACNA1H are potential candidate genes for BP regulation, and the latter is a drug
target for a class of
calcium channel blockers.
Competitive pathway analysis implicated the biological processes of neurogenesis and synaptic regulation, as well as the gene
targets of two pharmacologic agents: cinnarizine, a T - type
calcium channel blocker, and LY97241, a potassium
channel inhibitor.
Whilst this work is still at an early stage, it shows the potential of using
calcium channel blockers to
target immune system activity to combat this type of disease.