Date of Award
4-1987
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Alan D. Poling
Second Advisor
Dr. Wayne Fuqua
Third Advisor
Dr. Jack Michael
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Learning impairment is a potentially serious side effect of antiepilepsy medications. The present study investigated the effects of methsuximide and mephenytoin on learning in pigeons performing under a repeated acquisition procedure. Given acutely, methusuximide (25, 50, 75, 100 mg/kg) and mephenytoin (60, 120, 240 mg/kg) produced generally dose-dependent decreases in rates of responding; increases in percent errors were largest at doses that produced the greatest decrease in response rate. An analysis of the within-session distribution of errors revealed that certain
Recommended Citation
Delaney, Dawn D., "The Effects of Methsuximide and Mephenytoin on the Repeated Acquisition Performance of Pigeons" (1987). Masters Theses. 1224.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1224