Spasmolytic Muscle Relaxants Enhance the Inhibitory Transmitter GABA

question 24

Multiple Choice

Spasmolytic muscle relaxants enhance the inhibitory transmitter GABA. How does this action produce a therapeutic effect in seizure management?

• A) It reduces hyperexcitability of the motor pathways in the brain and spinal cord.
• B) By inducing sedation in the patient.
• C) By altering calcium levels that reduce skeletal muscle contraction.
• D) Stimulation of GABAergic pathways in the spinal cord.

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