期刊
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
卷 68, 期 4, 页码 509-514出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00220-6
关键词
insulin; memory; passive avoidance; intracerebroventricular
资金
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK17844, DK35816] Funding Source: Medline
Previous studies have indicated a possible enhancing effect of hyperinsulinemia on certain cognitive tasks in human subjects. Further, brain areas important in these tasks have high concentrations of insulin receptors, suggesting that insulin might modulate memory by activity at specific central sites. Extending this observation to the laboratory rat would provide a convenient model system for determining factors important for this possible cognitive effect. The present experiment determined whether intracerebroventricular administration of insulin improves memory formation in rats. Long-Evans rats were trained on a step-through passive-avoidance task, in which they were either shocked or not after entering a darkened compartment. After training, the animals received an intracerebroventricular injection of 4 mU insulin, heat-deactivated insulin or saline vehicle. After 24 h, the animals were tested for retention of the task. Rats receiving insulin after being shocked had an increased latency to enter the dark compartment, compared to those rats that bad received saline or heat-deactivated insulin after shock. This difference is consistent with an enhanced memory for the negative consequences of entering. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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