a review of the publications in traditional medicine indicates that the root of glycyrrhiza glabra l., fabaceae, is recommended for treatment of epilepsy. as a renewable source, the leaves of g. glabra var. glandulifera growing in iran were examined for possible anticonvulsant activity. the anticonvulsant activity of the leaves’ ethanol extract and dichloromethane, f1, n-hexane, f1a, and methan...

Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is increasingly used in North America and there are attempts to promote its further use world-wide. However, most controlled studies of efficacy in depression indicate that the treatment is no better than placebo with no positive effect on the rate of suicide. ECT is closed-head electrical injury, typically producing a delirium with global mental dysfunction (a...

background: lippia citriodora kunth is one of the iranian traditional medicines for the treatment of convulsive disorders. the goal of this study is to investigate the anticonvulsant activity of the plant’s leave ethanolic extract against electro‑ and chemoconvulsant‑induced seizures in mice. methods: the anticonvulsant activity of the extract (200, 400, 800 mg/kg, per os, p.o.) was investigate...

in this study the anticonvulsant effect of two dihydropyridine derivatives [diethyl -1,4- dihydro -2,6- dimethyl -4-(4- fluoro benzyl-2- methylthio -5- imidazolyl)-3,5- pyridine dicarboxilat ( a ) and diethyl -1,4- dihydro -2,6- diethyl -4-(4- fluoro benzyl-2- methylthio -5- imidazolyl)-3,5- pyridine dicarboxilat ( b )] by pentylenetetrazole (ptz) and electroshock in mice was evaluated. the lat...

A modified cortical ramp stimulation (CRS) model has been developed allowing repeated determinations of seizure threshold at short time intervals in individual rats without inducing postictal threshold increases. Anticonvulsant potency of the standard antiepileptic drugs carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, valproate, diazepam and ethosuximide in the CRS model was compared with respective d...

A subsecond and novel approach of electroshock treatment (EST) is used in this study to repair defects directed-energy-deposited Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr-1Zr near-β titanium alloy. After EST, the porosity specimen decreased significantly from 0.81 0.1 pct. Large cracks observed at bottom above mentioned alloy became intermittent small number voids decreased. The top middle regions specimens are repair...