a carboxylic acid ; United States brand name: Depaconl. Utilized as a mood stabilizer and anticonvulsant. Even though exact mechanisms of action remain undefined, it might impress its impacts by lessening membrane sodium- channel activity, thereby reducing neuronal activity. It might additionally arouse the synthesis of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid. Valproic acid and valproate sodium are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the controlling of seizures and of manic episodes in bipolar disorders.