title: Action of magnesium sulfate in the treatment of preeclampsia-eclampsia.
abstract: Recent evidence supports the concept that cerebral vasospasm is involved in the pathogenesis of eclampsia. Magnesium, which has a beneficial effect in eclampsia, may act by opposing calcium-dependent arterial constriction, thereby relieving vasospasm. Magnesium may also antagonize the increase in intracellular calcium concentration caused by ischemia and thus prevent cell damage and death. Magnesium might have a role in the treatment of cerebral vasospasm and ischemia, such as occurs in subarachnoid hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, and brain trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadeh
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D008278:Magnesium Sulfate; D002118:Calcium