title: Effects of single and repeated administration of vigabatrin on the performance of non-epileptic rats in a delayed non-matching to position task.
abstract: The present experiments were performed to investigate the effects of single and repeated administration of vigabatrin (gamma-vinyl-GABA), a novel antiepileptic drug, on a working memory task (delayed non-matching to position task) in non-epileptic rats. At doses of 100, 300 and 500 mg/kg single administrations of vigabatrin and 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg repeated administrations, vigabatrin did not affect the choice accuracy in the delayed non-matching to position task employing delays of 0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 s, whereas repeated administration with 300 mg/kg and a single dose of 1000 mg/kg decreased the behavioral activity as compared to saline treatment. Previous studies have shown that at doses of 50-200 mg/kg (daily administration) and 200-1000 mg/kg (single administration) vigabatrin has anticonvulsant activity. The present results suggest that vigabatrin does not markedly impair working memory in the low range of antiepileptic/anticonvulsive doses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazurkiewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sirviö
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riekkinen
mesh_terms: D000614:Aminocaproates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000187:drug effects; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D020888:Vigabatrin
chemical_list: D000614:Aminocaproates; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D020888:Vigabatrin