Convulsions due to vitamin B-6 deficiency in humans can be controlled by the administration of pyridoxine, and the symptoms subside rapidly (Coursin, 1954). If derangement of y-aminobutyric acid metabolism were responsible for these convulsions, it would be expected that a return to normal y-aminobutyric acid metabolism occurs very rapidly after the pyridoxine administration. In vitamin B-&defi...
