| 摘要 |
A compound and method are disclosed for reducing the effects of epilepsy, especially temporal lobe epilepsy. The treatment disclosed by the subject invention is provided by administering an aryl-cycloalkyl-alkanolamine substance having the general formula: <IMAGE> The compounds procyclidine, biperiden, and trihexyphenidyl fall within this class of compounds. Although not previously recognized to be effective against epilepsy, all three representative compounds were tested against soman and pilocarpine, two cholinergic neurotoxins used in animal research on epilepsy. All three of those compounds were shown to be highly effective in providing protection against the seizures and neurological damage caused by cholinergic neurotoxins, even when administered only after the onset of convulsions.
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