Lisuride Shows Promise as Dravet Syndrome Treatment, Zebrafish Study Suggests
Lisuride, an antiparkinson medicine with demonstrated anti-seizure effects, was able to stop epileptic activity in a model of convulsant Dravet syndrome zebrafish, researchers report. The study with that finding, “Drug repurposing for Dravet syndrome in scn1Lab−/− mutant zebrafish,” was published in Epilepsia. Dravet syndrome is considered one of…