A quantitative description of motor seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol (PTZ, metrazol) was performed. Seizures were induced by PTZ in doses from 40 to 120 mg/kg s.c. in 477 male albino rats of the Wistar strain 7 to 90 days old. Two patterns of seizures were elicited: minimal, i.e. predominantly clonic seizures of facial and forelimb muscles with preserved righting ability, and major, i.e. generalized tonic-clonic seizures with a loss of righting reflex. Minimal seizures could be reliably elicited since the age of 18 days; the CD50 for these seizures did not significantly differ with age. Major seizures were elicited regularly at all developmental stages studied. Their CD50 did not significantly differ among 7-, 12- and 25-day-old rat pups but the value for 18-day-old rats was smaller and for adult animals larger than these three age groups.

Institute of Physiology Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Prague

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