期刊
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
卷 114, 期 1, 页码 31-40出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.09.002
关键词
Cognition; Brain functioning; CANTAB; Adolescence; Executive function; Rhesus Macaque
资金
- USPHS [AA013972, AA016807]
- NIH/NIAAA
Alcohol abuse in the adult is often preceded by high alcohol consumption during adolescence. Profound changes in brain structure and function occur during this developmental period, therefore alcohol may impact essential cognitive skill development during the formal educational years. The objective of this study was to determine if chronic oral alcohol intake slows acquisition and performance of cognitive tasks in male adolescent rhesus monkeys. Treatment groups (Alcohol, N=4; Control, N=3) were evaluated on bimanual dexterity and tests of visuo-spatial memory and learning adapted from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery. Animals were trained daily in 30 min sessions and had subsequent access to alcohol/Tang (R) solutions (Alcohol group) or Tang (R) only (Control group) Monday through Friday for 11 months. Recordings of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BSAEP) were conducted periodically before and during the chronic drinking. Results: Chronic alcohol drinking (ave of 1.78 g/kg alcohol per session) impaired behavioral performance assessed similar to 22 h after the prior drinking session. The Alcohol group required more trials than the Control group to reach criterion on the visuo-spatial memory task and showed increased sensitivity to trial difficulty and retention interval. Alcohol animals also had slowed initial acquisition of the bimanual task. The latency of P4 and P5 BSAEP peaks were also delayed in the Alcohol group. Chronic alcohol consumption impaired the acquisition and performance of a spatial memory task and disrupted brainstem auditory processing, thus these results show that repeated alcohol exposure in adolescence interferes with a range of brain functions including complex visuo-spatial mnemonic processing. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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