Étude préliminaire de l'Action comparée sur l'effet d'embrasement et sur le sommeil paradoxal du 1 méthyl-2 (2 Naphtyl)-Aziridine (MNA)

Summary Methyl-2 (2 Naphtyl) Aziridine (MNA) is a new agent which has been demonstrated to have effects on paradoxical sleep (PS) and on the levels of cerebral noradrenaline ( Yamamoto, 1975 ). It has been tried on a experimental model of epilepsy, the kindling effect, produced in the cat by repetitive stimulation of the amygdala. The results obtained in the cat corfirmed blockage of paradoxical sleep (PS) and revealed a marked reduction in the number of stimuli required to produce the effect. The shortening of the time before the first generalised seizure did not seem attributable to privation of paradoxical sleep. The role of cerebral catecholamine reduction, however, is discussed.