DAILY CHANGES IN PENTYLENETETRAZOL-INDUCED CONVULSIONS AND OPEN-FIELD BEHAVIOR IN RATS

被引:28
作者
EIDMAN, DS [1 ]
BENEDITO, MAC [1 ]
LEITE, JR [1 ]
机构
[1] ESCOLA PAULISTA MED SCH,DEPT PSICOBIOL,RUA BOTUCATU 862,CP 20399,BR-04034 SAO PAULO,SP,BRAZIL
关键词
Convulsions; Daily variation; Open-field behavior; Pentylenetetrazol;
D O I
10.1016/0031-9384(90)90008-R
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Susceptibility to pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced clonic convulsions was measured in rats over the 24-hr light-dark cycle at four-hour intervals. The results showed a higher sensitivity to PTZ around 2200 hr. Other groups of rats were exposed to a four-min open-field session. In the first two min of the session the animals were submitted to open-field environmental stimuli. The next two-min observation occurred with sound and light presented to the animals. Differences through the 24-hr period of the day for both sessions were seen. A reduction in rearing at 2200 hr and increase in defecation at 2200 hr and 0200 hr was observed. © 1990.
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