VPT 321: Veterinary Neuropharmacology (2+1)

PRINCIPLE

• The substances depressing the CNS have a variety of manifestations. Since the mildest of these is a tranquillization, the tests for CNS depressants and for ataractic agents overlap. Even those ataractic agents that cause no clear loss of alertness potentiate soporific activity of CNS depressants such as barbiturates.
• The following tests are among the most commonly used: the righting reflex, motor activity.