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,
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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Convulsants" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Convulsants" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Convulsants" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Wilson CD, Zheng F, Fantegrossi WE. Convulsant doses of abused synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists AB-PINACA, 5F-AB-PINACA, 5F-ADB-PINACA and JWH-018 do not elicit electroencephalographic (EEG) seizures in male mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2022 Oct; 239(10):3237-3248.
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Wilson CD, Tai S, Ewing L, Crane J, Lockhart T, Fujiwara R, Radominska-Pandya A, Fantegrossi WE. Convulsant Effects of Abused Synthetic Cannabinoids JWH-018 and 5F-AB-PINACA Are Mediated by Agonist Actions at CB1 Receptors in Mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2019 02; 368(2):146-156.