期刊
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
卷 140, 期 -, 页码 15-22出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.12.005
关键词
Genistein; Phytoestrogen; Glucose load; Oral administration; Rat; Spatial learning
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [22510069]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22510069] Funding Source: KAKEN
Cognitive dysfunction due to higher blood glucose level has been reported previously. Genistein (GEN) is a phytoestrogen that we hypothesized might lead to improved memory, despite elevated blood glucose levels at the time of memory consolidation. To investigate this hypothesis, we compared the effects of orally administered GEN on the central nervous system in normal versus glucose-loaded adult male rats. A battery of behavioral assessments was carried out In the MAZE test, which measured spatial learning and memory, the time of normal rats was shortened by GEN treatment compared to the vehicle group, but only in the early stages of testing. In the glucose-loaded group, GEN treatment improved performance as mazes were advanced. In the open-field test, GEN treatment delayed habituation to the new environment in normal rats, and increased the exploratory behaviors of glucose-loaded rats. There were no significant differences observed for emotionality or fear-motivated learning and memory. Together, these results indicate that GEN treatment improved spatial learning and memory only in the early stages of testing in the normal state, but improved spatial learning and memory when glucose levels increased during memory consolidation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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