Effects of environmental enrichment on behavioral and anxiety no Status Epilepticus

Authors

  • Janaína Cardoso Costa CENTRO ESPECIALIZADO EM REABILITAÇÃO II SANTA MARIA RS
  • Bianca Nunes Pimentel UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA /RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v16n2.7135

Keywords:

Epilepsy, Behavior, Anxiety, Neuronal plasticity.

Abstract

Background: Environmental Enrichment (EE) has been studied in rehabilitation for several pathologies. Objective: to investigate the effects of EE on young wistar rats submitted to status epilepticus, on behavior and anxiety patterns. Methods: Longitudinal study with 40 rats, submitted to seizures on the 15th day and environmental enrichment, and later to the labyrinth tests in high cross and open field. The two-way ANOVA test was used, considering a significant value of p <0.05. Results: In the labyrinth test, there was a relationship between two paws (p <0.01), risk behavior (p <0.01) in open arms (p <0.01), number of entries in closed arms (p <0.01), time in the closed arms (p <0.01) and the number of crosses in the open field (p = 0.01) with status epilepticus. There was no relationship between the tests and the EE. Conclusion: The EE did not reverse the behavior and anxiety patterns affected by the status epilepticus.

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Author Biographies

Janaína Cardoso Costa, CENTRO ESPECIALIZADO EM REABILITAÇÃO II SANTA MARIA RS

Fisioterapeuta no Centro Especializado em Reabilitação II em Santa Maria RS

Bianca Nunes Pimentel, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA /RS

Fonoaudióloga , mestranda do Programa de Pós Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Published

2017-10-04

How to Cite

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Costa JC, Pimentel BN. Effects of environmental enrichment on behavioral and anxiety no Status Epilepticus. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2017 Oct. 4 [cited 2024 Jul. 4];16(2):249-58. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/7135

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