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Narrow spatial and temporal frequency tuning in the alert monkey VEP

1980; Elsevier BV; Volume: 193; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0006-8993(80)90964-6

1872-6240

Ken Nakayama, Manfred MacKeben, Erich E. Sutter,

Neural dynamics and brain function

We determined if pattern visually evoked cortical potentials (P-VECPs) in pigmented rats would reveal visual toxicity induced by a drug even when in cases of repeated doses. We obtained appropriate conditions of P-VECPs measurement; the spatial frequency, 0.16 cycle/degree; the mean stimulation luminance, 25 cd/m2; and the stimulation frequency, 2 Hz. Twelve adult male pigmented rats (Iar: Long–Evans), weighing 210–301 g, were grouped into two (six per group): the control and the ethambutol (EB) 500 mg/kg administered groups. In the EB 500 mg/kg group, the rats were administered EB subcutaneously once daily for 6 weeks. Rats in the control group were given the vehicle subcutaneously once daily for 6 weeks. P-VECPs were carried out prior to initiation of drug administration and at the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth week of the administration. Prolongation of P1 latency in the P-VECPs was evident in the EB 500 mg/kg at fourth and sixth weeks, and there were no marked changes in the control group and no marked changes in P1N1 amplitude in either group. These findings suggest that P-VECPs in pigmented rats can detect chemically induced visual toxicity even in cases of repeated dosing of a drug. This approach is useful for evaluating the visual toxicity of drugs given repeatedly.