Insidious weight gain in prepubertal seized rats treated with an atypical neuroleptic: The role of food consumption, fluid consumption, and spontaneous ambulatory activity

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 288-292

  St Pierre, L S ^a   Bubenik, G A ^b   Parker, G H ^a   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Epileptic seizures; Female rats; Food consumption; Obesity; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; KETAMINE; LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREPUBERTY; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACEPROMAZINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRINKING; EATING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; OBESITY; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 59749096719     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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