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PENTYLENETETRAZOL [2 records]

Record 1 2003-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
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Record 2 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

The so-called convulsant drugs such as strychnine, picrotoxin and pentylenetetrazol are representative of the different modes of action. ... Pentylenetetrazol decreases the recovery time between action potentials by increasing potassium permeability of the axon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments

Spanish

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