 Convulsants
"Convulsants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances that act in the brain stem or spinal cord to produce tonic or clonic convulsions, often by removing normal inhibitory tone. They were formerly used to stimulate respiration or as antidotes to barbiturate overdose. They are now most commonly used as experimental tools.
| Descriptor ID |
D003292
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.282.224 D27.505.954.427.220.224
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| Concept/Terms |
Convulsant Effect- Convulsant Effect
- Effect, Convulsant
- Convulsant Effects
- Effects, Convulsant
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Convulsants" by people in Profiles.
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Krishnakumar A, Anju TR, Abraham PM, Paulose CS. Alteration in 5-HT2C, NMDA receptor and IP3 in cerebral cortex of epileptic rats: restorative role of Bacopa monnieri. Neurochem Res. 2015 Jan; 40(1):216-25.
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Stavitskaya L, Seminerio MJ, Healy JR, Noorbakhsh B, Matsumoto RR, Coop A. Effect of ring-constrained phenylpropyloxyethylamines on sigma receptors. Bioorg Med Chem. 2013 Sep 01; 21(17):4923-7.
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Winawer MR, Gildersleeve SS, Phillips AG, Rabinowitz D, Palmer AA. Mapping a mouse limbic seizure susceptibility locus on chromosome 10. Epilepsia. 2011 Nov; 52(11):2076-83.
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Woo NS, Lu J, England R, McClellan R, Dufour S, Mount DB, Deutch AY, Lovinger DM, Delpire E. Hyperexcitability and epilepsy associated with disruption of the mouse neuronal-specific K-Cl cotransporter gene. Hippocampus. 2002; 12(2):258-68.
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Möykkynen T, Uusi-Oukari M, Heikkilä J, Lovinger DM, Lüddens H, Korpi ER. Magnesium potentiation of the function of native and recombinant GABA(A) receptors. Neuroreport. 2001 Jul 20; 12(10):2175-9.
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