background: regarding the prevalence of epilepsy in human society and with respect to inefficiency of the usual treatments, finding new strategies and methods for the medical treatment of epileptic patients are essential. henbane seed has been used in iranian traditional medicine as an anti-convulsion herb. with this regard the present study was carried out to consider the anti-convulsive effec...

Benign convulsion with mild gastroenteritis (CwG) is a type of afebrile seizure that occurs in children. CwG is defined as a convulsion in a previously healthy child with no known central nervous system infection or encephalopathy, accompanying mild diarrhea without fever, electrolyte imbalance, or moderate to severe dehydration. Convulsions in CwG are characterized by multiple brief episodes o...

Coriandrum sativum L. (coriander) has been indicated for a number of medial problems in traditional medicine such as loss of appetite, convulsion, and nervousness. We have previously shown that the aqueous extract of coriander has depressant effects on motor coordination and spontaneous activity, suggesting of a possible sedative and muscle relaxant effect. These findings suggest that coriander...

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the locomotor effect of chloroform extract of Semecarpus anacardium (Linn.) (CHSA) by using photoactometer. Its anticonvulsant property was tested against maximal electroshock (MES)-induced convulsion (MESIC), pentalenetetrazol (PTZ)induced convulsion (PTZIC), strychnine-induced convulsion (SIC), picrotoxininduced convulsion (PIC), isoniazid (INH)-in...

This study evaluated the sedative, and anticonvulsant activities of aqueous (AESM) ethanol (EESM) dried leaf extracts Solenostemon monostachyus. The sedative effect was with ketamine-induced hypnosis (100 mg/kg, i.p.). Also, activity using pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsion (85 i.p.), strychnine-induced (2 i.p.) maximal electroshock (MES)-induced models. AESM (200 p.o.) gave 66.67% pro...