Table 3

Effect of ethanol pretreatment on bupropion HCI-induced convulsions: mean standard deviation (SD) convulsions per mouse

Dose (mg/kg), n =
10 per group
Total no. of convulsions
Mean (SD) convulsions per mouse




BUP
ET + BUP
BUP
ET + BUP
p Value

0 (V or ET +V)
0
2
0.00 (0.00)
0.20 (0.63)
0.1027*
100
2
109
0.20 (0.42)
10.90 (7.28)†

110
22
15
2.20 (4.49)
1.50 (1.72)

120
21
21
2.10 (1.97)
2.10 (3.35)


n = 10 mice per group for bupropion HCl alone and ethanol + bupropion HCl treatment groups.

*p Value for overall ethanol-bupropion interaction effect (ethanol effect, overall p = 0.0183; bupropion dose effect, overall p = 0.0007).

†p = 0.0019 for pairwise comparison with corresponding mean value for bupropion alone treatment.

BUP, bupropion HCl; ET, ethanol; SD, standard deviation; V, vehicle or 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl).

Silverstone et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7:11   doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-11