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| Fachinelli,C.; Ahumada,M.; Fachinellizz,J.M.; Torrecilla,M.; Rodríguez-Echandía,E.L.. |
| 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... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Valproate; Carbamazepine; Aggressive behavior; Food competition; Pigeons. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000600015 |
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