Influence of microwave exposure on chlordiazepoxide effects in the mouse staircase test
| Autor: | Hurt Wd, B. J. Klauenberg, Quock Rm, Merritt Jh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Screening test medicine.drug_class Clinical Biochemistry Pharmacology Anxiety Motor Activity Toxicology Biochemistry Anxiolytic Chlordiazepoxide Behavioral Neuroscience Mice medicine Animals Motor activity Microwaves Biological Psychiatry Behavior Animal Chemistry Sedative drug Dose-Response Relationship Radiation Anesthesia Microwave irradiation Microwave medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior. 47(4) |
| ISSN: | 0091-3057 |
| Popis: | To ascertain whether behavioral effects of benzodiazepines are altered by exposure to microwave radiation, we compared the performance of male, Swiss CD1 mice in the staircase test 30 min after pretreatment with chlordiazepoxide (8, 16, and 32 mg/kg, IP) and immediately following a 5-min exposure to microwave radiation (4, 12, and 36 W/kg, continuous wave, 1.8 or 4.7 GHz). In this paradigm, chlordiazepoxide reduction in the number of rears (NR) and number of steps ascended (NSA) is postulated to reflect anxiolytic and sedative drug effects, respectively. In sham-exposed mice, increasing doses of chlordiazepoxide increased NSA without affecting NR, increased NSA and decreased NR, then decreased both NSA and NR. Microwave exposure generally did not alter NSA or NR in mice pretreated with lower doses of chlordiazepoxide. However, in mice pretreated with 32 mg/kg chlordiazepoxide, exposure to 36 W/kg microwave radiation significantly reversed the reductions in NSA and NR at 4.7 GHz but not at 1.8 GHz. These findings indicate that exposure to microwave radiation can selectively alter effects of chlordiazepoxide in this psychopharmacological paradigm. |
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