The acute effects of 3-nitropropionic acid on the behavior and spontaneous cortical electrical activity of rats
In this study, the acute effects of 3-nitropropionic acid was investigated on open field and startle behavior of rats, and on their cortical electrical activity. Spontaneous locomotor activity, acoustic startle response, and pre-pulse inhibition of acoustic startle were measured in male Wistar rats...
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| Dokumentumtípus: | Cikk |
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2006
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| Sorozat: | ACTA NEUROBIOLOGIAE EXPERIMENTALIS
66 No. 3 |
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| mtmt: | 1294676 |
| Online Access: | http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/27640 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | In this study, the acute effects of 3-nitropropionic acid was investigated on open field and startle behavior of rats, and on their cortical electrical activity. Spontaneous locomotor activity, acoustic startle response, and pre-pulse inhibition of acoustic startle were measured in male Wistar rats (10 weeks old, 180-200g body weight) after a single dose of 10 or 20 mg/kg i.p. 3-nitropropionic acid. After the behavioral tests, the rats were anaesthetized, and spontaneous cortical electrical activity was recorded. The vertical, horizontal and local open field performance showed dose-dependent deterioration in the rats treated with 3-nitropropionic acid. The number of “noise-positive” startle responses showed non-significant changes, but the inhibition by pre-pulse was significantly reduced in the high dose animals. High dose also increased the proportion of low-frequencies in the cortical activity. Three-nitropropionic acid, known primarily to act in repeated doses (e.g., in animal models of Huntington’s disease) had also some clear-cut acute effects on behavioral and electrophysiological parameters of the treated rats. |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 227-233 |
| ISSN: | 0065-1400 |