Epilepsy
is considered one of the most common neurological disorders
worldwide; it needs long-term or life-long treatment. Despite the
presence of several novel antiepileptic drugs, approximately 30%
patients still suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy. Subsequently,
searching for new anticonvulsants with lower toxicity and better efficacy
is still in paramount demand. Using target-based studies in the discovery
of novel antiepileptics is uncommon owing to the insufficient information
on the molecular pathway of epilepsy and complex mode of action for
most of known antiepileptic drugs. In this review, we investigated
the properties of anticonvulsants, types of epileptic seizures, and
mechanism of action for anticonvulsants.