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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Central Nervous System Stimulants > Convulsants
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Convulsants  

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Entry terms

  • Convulsant

Note

  • note entry term CONVULSANT EFFECT: use only for the convulsant effect of a chemical substance

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 75; was see ANALEPTICS 1963-74

In other languages

  • konvulsantit

    Finnish

  • konvulsantti
  • kouristelua aiheuttava aine
  • kouristelua aiheuttavat aineet
  • kouristuksia aiheuttava aine
  • kouristuksia aiheuttavat aineet
  • Krampframkallande medel

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003292

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