{"id":1654,"date":"2026-04-10T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:34:40","slug":"reinventing-amlodipine-a-drug-discovery-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/2026\/04\/10\/reinventing-amlodipine-a-drug-discovery-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinventing Amlodipine: A Drug Discovery Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1657 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/files\/2026\/04\/HR-Seminar-16-abril-833x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/files\/2026\/04\/HR-Seminar-16-abril-833x1024.jpeg 833w, https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/files\/2026\/04\/HR-Seminar-16-abril-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/files\/2026\/04\/HR-Seminar-16-abril-768x945.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/files\/2026\/04\/HR-Seminar-16-abril.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>On 16 April at 16:00 CET, an online seminar organised by NeurotechEU member university Reykjavik University (H\u00e1sk\u00f3linn \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk &#8211; HR; Iceland) will take place: <strong>Reinventing Amlodipine: A Drug Discovery Journey<\/strong>.&nbsp;In this seminar, the speaker, Professor Karl \u00c6gir Karlsson from the HR Department of Engineering, will explore the repositioning of amlodipine \u2014a drug widely used to treat high blood pressure\u2014 as a potential treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The talk will highlight how the analysis of its efficacy across various species, genetics, and pharmacology have been combined to uncover unexpected findings and develop a mechanistic framework to support the translation of basic research into human studies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Date: 16 April 2026<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Host University: Reykjavik University (HR, Iceland)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Registration Deadline: 15 April 2026<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Registration Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=YCvZlPrmwEOABec-AoEsNAiywIrShMlPjgJyTULR6xBUOE5LUFhYTEcxR0pCQjI3OUlYUVBKRUdTNi4u\">Form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is a free online event, organised by NeurotechEU and Reykjavik University (H\u00e1sk\u00f3linn \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk), and is open to the entire NeurotechEU community.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 16 April at 16:00 CET, an online seminar organised by NeurotechEU member university Reykjavik University (H\u00e1sk\u00f3linn \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk &#8211; HR; Iceland) will take place: Reinventing Amlodipine: A Drug Discovery Journey.&nbsp;In this seminar, the speaker, Professor Karl \u00c6gir Karlsson from the HR Department of Engineering, will explore the repositioning of amlodipine \u2014a drug widely used [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24743,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1750],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}