The anticonvulsant activity of Astragalus squarrosus total extract was assessed in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsion in mice, with diazepam as the standard drug, while mechanistic studies were also conducted using flumazenil, a GABA A-benzodiazepine receptor complex site antagonist. The extract produced protection against convulsion at 400 mg/kg, comparable with protection of benzodia...

In 54 patients presenting for electroconvulsive therapy, the concentration of serum potassium was measured before and after the induced convulsion modified with a standard anaesthetic technique of methohexitone and suxamethonium. It was found that there was a statistically significant rise in serum potassium, but that the duration of convulsion had no significant effect on that rise in serum po...

Keen, J. H., and Lee, D. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 542. Sequelae of neonatal convulsions: study of 112 infants. Of 112 infants who had a convulsion during the first 28 days of life, 105 survived the neonatal period. During follow-up of 83 (80%), 14 were detected as having motor handicap, a further convulsion, or an intelligence assessment below 85. In the 45 infants whose co...

objective whatever the health field, compliance with the recommended practice guidelines or parameters for diagnosis by specialists and expert health professionals benefits the patients. this study was conducted to determine the whether or not these guidelines or parameters are applied to the evaluation of children with first simple febrile convulsion (sfc) in a regional teaching hospital. mate...

IINUMA, K., NARISAWA, K., YAMAUCHI, N., YOSHIDA, T. and MIZUNO, T. Pyridoxine Dependent Convulsion: Effect of Pyridoxine Therapy on Electro encephalograms. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1971, 105 (1), 19-26 In a 7-month old boy with vitamin B6 dependent convulsion it was found that distribution of energy % of the EEG basic waves as well as an auto-correlogram of EEG remained abnormal 24 hours after an i...

Cranial spiking (CS) is among the most popular slaughtering methods for delaying rigor mortis progress of fish muscles. However, it may cause a convulsion (subsequently referred to as delayed convulsion), which undermines meat quality and taste. This study aimed elucidate mechanism underlying examine its influence on ATP consumption. Ten carps, nine tilapias, ten rainbow trouts, two ayus, three...

BACKGROUND Lead elements have an adverse effect on human health. The most important complications of lead poisoning are disorders of nervous system particularly seizure .This study aimed to evaluate the blood lead levels and its association with convulsion in a group of hospitalized febrile children. METHODS In this analytic cross-sectional study, 60 hospitalized febrile children with 1- 60 m...

Evaluation of magnesium levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with febrile convulsion (FC) hospitalized in Bahrami hospital in Tehran in 2010-2011. In the past, decreased levels of magnesium in serum and CSF of patients with FC were reported. The purpose of this study was to identify the possible role of magnesium in febrile seizures in children. Identifying this condition, we may...