Definitions for pentylenetetrazol
pentylenete·tra·zol

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1. pentylenetetrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, Metrazolnoun

   a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark

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1. pentylenetetrazolnoun

   A drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.

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1. Pentylenetetrazol

   Pentylenetetrazol, also known as pentylenetetrazole, leptazol, metrazol, pentetrazol (INN), pentamethylenetetrazol, Corazol, Cardiazol, Deumacard, or PTZ, is a drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant. High doses cause convulsions, as discovered by Hungarian-American neurologist and psychiatrist Ladislas J. Meduna in 1934. It has been used in convulsive therapy, and was found to be effective—primarily for depression—but side effects such as uncontrolled seizures were difficult to avoid. In 1939, pentylenetetrazol was replaced by electroconvulsive therapy, which is easier to administer, as the preferred method for inducing seizures in England's mental hospitals. In the US, its approval by the Food and Drug Administration was revoked in 1982. It is used in Italy as a cardio-respiratory stimulant in combination with codeine in a cough suppressant drug.

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1. pentylenetetrazol

   Pentylenetetrazol, also known as PTZ, is a chemical compound that is often used in scientific research to induce seizures as a way to test anti-epileptic drugs or to model epilepsy in experiments. It acts as a stimulant by blocking a type of neurotransmitter receptor in the brain known as the GABA(A) receptor.

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1. Pentylenetetrazol

   Pentylenetetrazol, also known as metrazol, pentetrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, Cardiazol or PTZ, is a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant. High doses cause convulsions, as discovered by the Hungarian-American neurologist and psychiatrist Ladislas J. Meduna in 1934. It has been used in convulsive therapy, but was never considered to be effective, and side-effects such as seizures were difficult to avoid. Its approval by the FDA was revoked in 1982.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pentylenetetrazol in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of pentylenetetrazol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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