What Does Pentylenetetrazol Mean?
Pentylenetetrazol, Also Known as Pentylenetetrazole, Metrazol, Pentetrazol, Pentamethylenetetrazol, Corazol, Cardiazol, Deumacard, or Ptz, Is a Drug Formerly...
Pentylenetetrazol, also known as pentylenetetrazole, metrazol, pentetrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, Corazol, Cardiazol, Deumacard, or PTZ, is a drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.
What is the meaning of pentylenetetrazole?
: a white, crystalline drug C6H10N4 formerly used as a respiratory, circulatory, and central nervous system stimulant.
What is PTZ seizure?
Abstract. Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) is a GABA-A receptor antagonist. An intraperitoneal injection of PTZ into an animal induces an acute, severe seizure at a high dose, whereas sequential injections of a subconvulsive dose have been used for the development of chemical kindling, an epilepsy model.