title: Basic aspects of the pharmacodynamics of tolperisone, a widely applicable centrally acting muscle relaxant.
abstract: Tolperisone (2-methyl-1-(4-methylphenyl)-3-piperidin-1-ylpropan-1-one hydro-chloride) was introduced in the clinical practice more than forty years ago and is still evaluated as a widely applicable compound in pathologically elevated skeletal muscle tone (spasticity) and related pains of different origin. In the present review, basic pharmacodynamic effects measured on whole animals, analyses of its actions on cell and tissue preparations and molecular mechanism of action on sodium and calcium channels are summarized as recently significantly new data were reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacodynamics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Kornelia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tekes
keywords: Centrally acting muscle relaxant; N-type calcium channel blocking; Tolperisone.; inhibition of monosynaptic reflexes; sodium channels; spasticity