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NUTRIENTS
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu14051090
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aging; nutrition; beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate; delayed matching-to-position; long-term potentiation; cognition; IntelliCages(R)
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HMB, a metabolite of leucine, has been shown to preserve muscle mass and strength during aging. This study evaluated the effects of different doses of HMB on synaptic potentiation in the hippocampus and working memory in animals. The results suggest that medium or high doses of HMB can enhance neuronal plasticity and improve cognitive performance.
beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB), a metabolite of the essential amino acid leucine, has been shown to preserve muscle mass and strength during aging. The signaling mechanism by which HMB elicits its favorable effects on protein metabolism in skeletal muscle is also preserved in the brain. However, there are only a few studies, all at relatively high doses, addressing the effect of HMB supplementation on cognition. This study evaluated the effects of different doses of HMB on the potentiation of hippocampal synapses following the experimental induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus of behaving rats, as well as on working memory test (delayed matching-to-position, DMTP) in mice. HMB doses in rats were 225 (low), 450 (medium), and 900 (high) mg/kg body weight/day and were double in mice. Rats who received medium or high HMB doses improved LTP, suggesting that HMB administration enhances mechanisms related to neuronal plasticity. In the DMTP test, mice that received any of the tested doses of HMB performed better than the control group in the overall test with particularities depending on the dose and the task phase.
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