Is perinatal picrotoxin anxiogenic?
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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28(6): 663-6, Jun. 1995. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Female Wistar rats were exposed to a subconvulsant dose of picrotoxin (0.75 mg/Kg,sc) on day 18 of pregnancy, immediately after paturition and daily during the first 5 days of lactation. In adulthood, the offspring were tested in an open-field, in an elevated plus maze and for social interaction. Results showed increased locomotor activity (75 days of age) and decreased social interaction (90 days of age) in experimental male rats compared to control male rats. No effects on behaviors related to anxiety were observed in males or females tested in the plus maze apparatus. An additional comparison of the activity male animals perinatally treated with picrotoxin showed a lack of the classical sexual dimorphic responses in the open-field (control male = 68.7 ñ 6.31; control female = 98.4 ñ 6.31; edxperimental male = 89.6 ñ 6.32; experimental female = 113.2 ñ 4.74). We suggest that perinatal picrotoxin exposure may interfere with normal male masculinization rather increasing anxiety in male rats
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Asunto principal:
Ansiedad
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Picrotoxina
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Conducta Animal
Límite:
Animales
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Embarazo
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Asunto de la revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Año:
1995
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