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BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 379, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112345
Keywords
Schizophrenia; MAM-E17 model; Cognitive function; Behavior; Radial arm maze
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Funding
- New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities [UNKP-18-3-III (PTE-374)]
- Pecs University, Medical School [PTE AOK PD-2018-05, PTE AOK PD-2018-01, PTE AOK KA-2017-25, PTE AOK PD-2017-05]
- [EFOP-3.6.3-VEKOP-16-2017-00009]
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Cognitive disturbances are among the most important features of schizophrenia, and have a significant role in the outcome of the disease. However, the treatment of cognitive symptoms is poorly effective. In order to develop new therapeutic opportunities, the MAM-E17 rat model of schizophrenia can be an appropriate implement. In the present study we investigated several cognitive capabilities of MAM-treated rats using radial arm maze (RAM) task, which corresponds to the recent research directives. Because of the diachronic appearance of schizophrenia symptoms and the early appearance of cognitive deficiencies, we carried out our experiments in three different age-periods of rats, i.e. in prepuberty, late puberty and adulthood. The performance of MAM-E17 rats was similar to control rats in the acquisition phase of RAM task, except for puberty. However, after rearrangement of reward positions (in the reverse paradigm) the number of errors of MAM-treated rats was higher in each age-period. In the reverse paradigm MAM-treated groups visited more frequently those non-rewarding arms, which were previously rewarding. Our results suggest that working memory of MAM-E17 rats is impaired. This deficit depends on the difficulty of the task and on the age-period. MAM-E17 rats seem to be more sensitive in puberty in comparison to controls. Diminished behavioral flexibility was shown as well. These behavioral results observed in MAM-E17 rats were similar to those of cognitive deficiencies in schizophrenia patients. Therefore, MAM-E17 model can be a useful implement for further research aiming to improve cognition in schizophrenia.
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