title: Influence of nicotinamide on neurobehavioral effects of 3-acetylpyridine.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to examine the ability of nicotinamide to prevent the appearance of neurobehavioral symptoms induced by 3-acetyl pyridine (3-AP) in rats. Nicotinamide in doses of 5,50 and 500 mg/kg was injected immediately after administration of 65 mg/kg 3-AP, and neurobehavioral measurements were made at 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after injections. The effects of 500 mg/kg nicotinamide injected at 3 and 6 hours after 3-AP treatment were also investigated. The results indicate that, starting at 50 mg/kg, nicotinamide can protect animals against most of the neurobehavioral effects of 3-AP. However, the muscular rigidity induced by 3-AP can only be reversed by 500 mg/kg nicotinamide, and the depressing influence of 3-AP on locomotor activity is not blocked by any of the doses of nicotinamide tested. In terms of time course, the protective action of 500 mg/kg is seen when injected 3, but not 6 hours after 3-AP.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008124:Locomotion / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000187:drug effects; D009115:Muridae; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000187:drug effects; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011725:Pyridines; C010835:3-acetylpyridine; D009536:Niacinamide