FEBRILE CONVULSIONS IN INFANT RATS, AND LATER BEHAVIOR.
At 3 days of age, rats were (i) subjected to a febrile convulsion, or (ii) were handled, or (iii) were not handled. Evaluation at 30 days of age revealed that animals in the first group were heaviest and most resistant to audiogenic seizure stimuli. No differerences were found in maze-learning ability or activity level.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005334:Fever; D018782:Maze Learning; D051381:Rats; D012106:Research; D012640:Seizures; D003294:Seizures, Febrile
ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONVULSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FEVER; RATS