# convulsant

> substance that acts in the brain stem or spinal cord to produce tonic or clonic convulsions, often by removing normal inhibitory tone

**Wikidata**: [Q5166679](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5166679)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convulsant)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/convulsant


## References

1. Medical Subject Headings
2. UMLS 2023
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)