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Abstract
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.
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5 entry terms
- Convulsant
- Convulsant Effect
- Convulsant Effects
- Effect, Convulsant
- Effects, Convulsant
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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note entry term CONVULSANT EFFECT: use only for the convulsant effect of a chemical substance
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History Note
75; was see ANALEPTICS 1963-74
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- Central Nervous System Depressants (1966-1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Convulsants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003292. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003292
- Convulsants. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convulsant
- Convulsants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5166679