title: Effects of age on behavioral and physiological responses to carbaryl in rats.
abstract: Motor, sensory and thermoregulatory functions were examined in young (3 months) and mature (12 months) rats following PO administration of single low doses (10 and 50 mg/kg) of carbaryl, a carbamate insecticide, and these effects were related to blood cholinesterase activity. Carbaryl 50 mg/kg decreased the frequency of ambulation in the open-field arena within 30 min while it enhanced the duration of haloperidol-induced catalepsy in both young and mature rats. Administration of carbaryl also resulted in an increased nociceptive threshold to thermic stimuli mainly in mature rats. An age-related reduction in body temperature was observed at 30, 60 and 90 min after injection. Activity of blood cholinesterase was reduced in young and mature rats at 30 and 60 min following carbaryl exposure. These results indicate that carbaryl can induce an age-related impairment on some behavioral and autonomic functions in rats correlated to the inhibition of cholinesterase activity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacologia, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Morato
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zanin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D012721:Carbaryl / Q000633:toxicity*; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D002802:Cholinesterases; D012721:Carbaryl