The runway performance of rats subjected to electroconvulsive shock following nembutal anesthesia.

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After training on an 18-foot straightaway 10 albino rats were injected with an anesthetic amount of nembutal and then subjected to one electroshock. After 8½ hrs. they were again run on the straightaway. Control groups of 8 and 6 animals were used, the former receiving electroconvulsive shock after injection of physiological saline, the latter receiving nembutal but no electrochock. The saline-shock group showed a post-shock increase in running time; neither the shock-nembutal nor the nembutal groups were affected. "It was concluded that anesthesia protects the animal from the disturbing effects of electroconvulsive shock. Such disturbances seem dependent upon the occurrence of convulsion and not upon passage of current as such." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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