Phencyclidine disrupts long- but not short-term memory within a spatial learning task.
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
; 111(1): 85-90, 1993.
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ABSTRACT
In the first experiment rats with 1, 2, 3 or 4 mg/kg phencyclidine (PCP), or saline injections were tested for acquisition or retention of a cheese board spatial task (dry land version of a water maze). Results indicate that relative to controls or rats with injections of 1 and 2 mg/kg PCP, rats with 3 or 4 mg/kg PCP injections were impaired in acquisition and retention of the task as measured by increased distances traveled to find the correct food location. This impairment was primarily observed in between days but not within days performance. In the second experiment rats with 4 mg/kg PCP or saline injections were tested for memory performance of a delayed spatial matching-to-sample task. Results indicate that relative to controls rats with 4 mg/kg PCP injections were not impaired at either 1-5 or 30 s delays. It is suggested that PCP through its blocking action of the NMDA receptor mediates long- but not short-term memory for spatial location information as well as the ability to retrieve previously learned spatial location information.
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Assunto principal:
Fenciclidina
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Percepção Espacial
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Aprendizagem em Labirinto
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Memória
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Memória de Curto Prazo
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Ano de publicação:
1993
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