"Spontaneous" seizing in open-field tests by mongolian gerbils fed magnesium at different rates.
Accounts of so-called "spontaneous" seizures by individual Mongolian gerbils during open-field tests resemble descriptions of magnesium tetany. A possible association between relative magnesium deficiency and tendency toward "spontaneous" seizures was explored through feeding groups of gerbils different rates of magnesium and subjecting the groups to open-field tests at intervals. Hypomagnesemia was related in degree of severity to length of survival, onset of seizing, and frequency of seizures.
D000818:Animals; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000378:metabolism*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*
D008274:Magnesium