Effects of sodium valproate and carbamazepine on food competition aggression in pigeons
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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40(6): 849-855, June 2007. graf, tab
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ABSTRACT
Valproate and carbamazepine (CAR) have been proposed as adjunct alternatives for the control of aggression in psychiatric patients, although no definite conclusions have been reached. We examined the effects of these drugs on food competition offensive aggression and other behaviors in high- and low-aggression food-restricted pigeons. These were divided into pairs containing previously ranked high-aggression (N = 10 pairs) and low-aggression females (N = 10 pairs). In Experiment 1, a pigeon in each pair of high- and low-aggression subjects was treated daily with an oral dose of sodium valproate (50 mg kg-1 mL saline-1) for 15 days. The other animal received the vehicle. On days 1, 7, and 15, food competition trials (10 min) were performed 60 min after treatment. In Experiment 2, one pigeon in each pair was treated daily with an oral dose of CAR (20 mg kg-1 mL saline-1) for 15 days. Each pair was submitted to a food competition trial on days 1, 7, and 15 of treatment. Valproate (15 days of treatment) selectively decreased the time spent in offensive aggression (control 102.7 ± 9.3 vs valproate 32.7 ± 9.2 s; P < 0.001, ANOVA-2-TAU) of high-aggression pigeons. This was also the case for 7 and 15 days of CAR treatment (control 131.5 ± 8.9 vs CAR 60.4 ± 5.3, P < 0.01, and control 122.7 ± 7.1 vs CAR 39.1 ± 5.2; P < 0.001, ANOVA-2-TAU, respectively). Thus, the two anticonvulsive drugs have a similar effect on food competition aggression in pigeons.
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Main subject:
Carbamazepine
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Valproic Acid
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Competitive Behavior
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Antimanic Agents
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Aggression
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Feeding Behavior
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo/AR
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Universidad del Aconcagua/AR
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