title: Anticonvulsant properties of betaine.
abstract: It has been shown previously that convulsions induced by homocysteine are blocked by betaine. In the present study, betaine was found to block the induction of convulsions by electroconvulsive shock and by pentylenetetrazol at least at effectively as it blocked convulsions induced by homocysteine. Thus, betaine has a general anticonvulsant action, the reason for which is unknown.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D001622:Betaine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004597:Electroshock; D005260:Female; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051379:Mice; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D006710:Homocysteine; D001622:Betaine; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole