5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists in Neurologic and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: The Iceberg Still Lies beneath the Surface.
Pharmacol Rev
; 71(3): 383-412, 2019 07.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31243157
ABSTRACT
5-HT3 receptor antagonists, first introduced to the market in the mid-1980s, are proven efficient agents to counteract chemotherapy-induced emesis. Nonetheless, recent investigations have shed light on unappreciated dimensions of this class of compounds in conditions with an immunoinflammatory component as well as in neurologic and psychiatric disorders. The promising findings from multiple studies have unveiled several beneficial effects of these compounds in multiple sclerosis, stroke, Alzheimer disease, and Parkinson disease. Reports continue to uncover important roles for 5-HT3 receptors in the physiopathology of neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, drug abuse, and schizophrenia. This review addresses the potential of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists in neurology- and neuropsychiatry-related disorders. The broad therapeutic window and high compliance observed with these agents position them as suitable prototypes for the development of novel pharmacotherapeutics with higher efficacy and fewer adverse effects.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists
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Mental Disorders
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Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Pharmacol Rev
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article