The Study of Inhalation of OC Pepper Spray on Anxiety-like Behavior in Adult Male Rat
Subject Areas : Journal of Animal Biology
منصوره
بهمئی نژاد
1
(دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد دامغان، گروه زیست شناسی، دامغان، ایران)
غلامحسن
واعظی
2
(دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد دامغان، گروه زیست شناسی، دامغان، ایران)
حسین
عباسپور
3
(دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد دامغان، گروه زیست شناسی، دامغان، ایران)
Keywords: Anxiety, Rat, Pepper Spray, plus- maze,
Abstract :
OC Spray would be utilized when there is unrest and by non-military people for personal defend and defending against animals. All the OC spray products are in flammable. OC is an inflammatory factor and dislike tear-gas this would influence the alcoholists and druggists. The symptoms would be exhibited immediately if this spray contacts mocuses (eyes, nose, throat and the lungs): The eye capillaries would be exhibited and cause the eyes to be blind temporality and result in tracheal tissues to be inflammated and some problems for inhalation but victim is able to breath yet. No comprehensive information are available on inhalation effects of exposing to this spray of time and it level usage on anxiety (fear) behaviors, therefore this study dose intend to consider effect of inhalation OC spray on anxiety (fear) behaviors in rats. The animals used in current study were adult male rats, Wistar strain of weighting 210andplusmn; 20 gr divided into 4 experimental groups and a control group. 6 experimental rats were placed within chamber and were exposed to OC spray for 3 seconds into chamber. The rats were remind for 90 seconds within inhalation room, respectively and were returned to their cagesand after 10, 20, 30 Plus maze was used to measure animal anxiety levels for each of experimental groups after passing go minutes.A Significant rising was observed to consider anxiety measurement levels in experimental groups and comparing them with control group (pandle;0.05). Increasing in OC exposure time as well as passing time would result in rising anxiety.
