Evaluation of memory and anxiety in rats observed in the elevated plus-maze: effects of age and isolation
Braz. j. med. biol. res
; 24(7): 725-8, 1991. tab
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ABSTRACT
Twenty young(5months)and 20 old(20-24 months) male Wistar rats, isolated or group housed, were tested in the elevated plus-maze to elevated memory and anxiety. Memory was quantified by transfer latency (the time it took for the rat move from the open arm to the enclosed arm) and anxiety by percent entries into the openarms. Isolation decreased the transfer latency of old (session 1 - 119,33 ñ 0.44s; session 3 - 49,67 ñ 12.12s) and young (session 1 -111.20 ñ 8.80s; session 3 -55.90 ñ 13.60s) rats, but did not modify percent entries into the open arms (old-isolated - 5.56 ñ 5.56; old-group housed - 10.18 ñ7.05; young isolated - 35.16 ñ 8.98; young - group housed - 33.21 ñ 8.11). Conversely, aging decreased percent entries into the open arms but did not affect the transfer latency of isolated or group-housed animals. The results indicate that the plus-maze test, unlike other methods for memory evaluation, does not discriminate between young and rats. They also suggest that age increases anxiety and that isolation increases memory levels, but that there is no interaction between age and isolation with regard to their effect on memory and anxiety in rats
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Assunto principal:
Ansiedade
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Isolamento Social
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Memória
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Animais
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1991
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