Do Cannabinoids Represent a Good Therapeutic Strategy for Epilepsy?

Abstract

The medical use of cannabinoids has been proposed for the control of epilepsy. At present, several studies have focused on investigating how cannabinoids can regulate the expression of epileptic seizures as well as the epileptogenesis process. Some of them suggest that cannabinoids may represent a therapeutic approach for different types of epilepsy. However, experimental evidence indicates that the effects of cannabinoids depend on several experimental and pathological conditions. In this chapter, we provide an overview of these preclinical and clinical research.