EFFECTS OF TZC ON LEARNING AND MEMORY AND SOMATOSTATIN POSITIVE CORTICAL NEURONS IN DEPLETED URANIUM PARTICALS EXPOSED RATS / 营养学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the protection of taurine-zinic coordination compound(TZC) against the neurotoxicity of depleted uranium (DU). Method: Rats were exposed to DU by different dosages intratracheal instillation of DU particles. One group was supplemented with TZC. Learning times in Y-labyrinth experiment, number of somatostatin positive cortical neurons were compared. Results: Learning times in Y-labyrinth experiment were increased in DU groups, and DU 5mg+TZC group was less than that of DU 5 mg group (P