期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 968, 期 1, 页码 89-101出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04278-6
关键词
amphetamine; Cincinnati maze; corticosterone; MDMA; Morris maze; sequential learning and memory; spatial learning and memory
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA11902] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES07051] Funding Source: Medline
Previously, we have shown that rats administered MDMA from postnatal (P) days 11-20 had reductions in body weight during the present study, to control for period of treatment and as adults they had deficits in sequential and spatial learning and memory. In the weight reductions, we used litters with double the number of offspring to induce growth restriction comparable to that of standard size litters treated with MDMA. Litters were treated twice daily from PI I to 20 with vehicle or MDMA (20 mg/kg) or only weighed. Males, but not females, exposed to MDMA had longer latencies and more errors in the Cincinnati water maze compared to males of the other treatments. In the Morris water maze (210 cm pool, 10X10 cm platform), the MDMA animals were impaired relative to all other treatments during acquisition. Only the MDMA females showed deficits when the platform was shifted to a new location, however, both MDMA males and females were impaired when the location of the platform was again shifted and a reduced platform (5X5 cm) used. No differences were observed in the ability to swim a straight channel, locate a platform with a cue, or the endocrine response to forced swim among the treatment groups. No differences were seen between animals injected with saline and those only weighed. The data suggest that factors, such as growth retardation, multiple injections, or the composition of the litter, do not affect the development of learning and memory impairments resulting from P11 to 20 MDMA exposure. The large litter approach offers a novel method to control for undernutrition during the preweaning period in rodents. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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