2021
Cannabidiol and Sodium Channel Pharmacology: General Overview, Mechanism, and Clinical Implications
Ghovanloo MR, Ruben PC. Cannabidiol and Sodium Channel Pharmacology: General Overview, Mechanism, and Clinical Implications. The Neuroscientist 2021, 28: 318-334. PMID: 34027742, PMCID: PMC9344566, DOI: 10.1177/10738584211017009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical implicationsNav channelsPotential therapeutic meansInteractions of cannabidiolVoltage-gated sodiumSodium channel pharmacologyClinical syndromePreclinical studiesCBD useNeurological conditionsCBD interactionsChannel pharmacologyTherapeutic meansAction potentialsMuscular problemsPathophysiological conditionsCannabidiolChannel functionExcitable tissuesViable compoundCannabis plantTissueDifferent tissuesHyperexcitabilitySyndrome
2018
pH Modulation of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
Peters CH, Ghovanloo MR, Gershome C, Ruben PC. pH Modulation of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels. Handbook Of Experimental Pharmacology 2018, 246: 147-160. PMID: 29460150, DOI: 10.1007/164_2018_99.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectrical diseaseSodium channelsChannel gatingDisease-causing mutantsSodium channel poreTransient sodium currentModulation of VoltageIschemic strokeNon-inactivating channelsSkeletal muscle sodium channelsAcute symptomsCocaine ingestionCardiac ischemiaSodium channel mutationsMuscle sodium channelsSodium currentIsoform specificitySodium channel gatingTissue-level effectsPathophysiological conditionsChannel mutationsSkeletal muscleDiseaseCardiac tissueChannel pore