CONVULSANT EFFECTS OF PENICILLIN ON THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

1 April 1947

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Vol. 6 (2) , 201-205
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005072-194704000-00010

Abstract

Penicillin applied to specific areas on the cerebral cortex produced electrical discharges, motor manifestations of seizures, increased response of the cortex to appropriate stimulation and periods of extinction. It was concluded that penicillin applied to the cerebral cortex is a convulsant.

Keywords

BRAIN/CORTEX
CONVULSIONS/ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
PENICILLIN/TOXICITY

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

INTRAVENTRICULAR PENICILLIN
JAMA, 1945
INTRAVENTRICULAR PENICILLIN IN THE TREATMENT OF STAPHYLOCOCCIC MENINGITIS
JAMA, 1944