This study examined the effects of moderate, acute doses of diphenylhydantoin on the spontaneous motor activity of 30 rats. A dose of 30 mg/kg of the anticonvulsant drug produced an immediate, although short-lived (about 40 min.), suppression of this behavior for albino rats.
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