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1.
Sci Rep ; 10(1): 4183, 2020 03 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32144319

RESUMEN

In an exploratory, block-randomised, parallel, double-blind, single-centre, placebo-controlled superiority study (ISRCTN12562026, funded by Cultech Ltd), 220 Bulgarian participants (30 to 65 years old) with BMI 25-34.9 kg/m2 received Lab4P probiotic (50 billion/day) or a matched placebo for 6 months. Participants maintained their normal diet and lifestyle. Primary outcomes were changes in body weight, BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WtHR), blood pressure and plasma lipids. Secondary outcomes were changes in plasma C-reactive protein (CRP), the diversity of the faecal microbiota, quality of life (QoL) assessments and the incidence of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). Significant between group decreases in body weight (1.3 kg, p < 0.0001), BMI (0.045 kg/m2, p < 0.0001), WC (0.94 cm, p < 0.0001) and WtHR (0.006, p < 0.0001) were in favour of the probiotic. Stratification identified greater body weight reductions in overweight subjects (1.88%, p < 0.0001) and in females (1.62%, p = 0.0005). Greatest weight losses were among probiotic hypercholesterolaemic participants (-2.5%, p < 0.0001) alongside a significant between group reduction in small dense LDL-cholesterol (0.2 mmol/L, p = 0.0241). Improvements in QoL and the incidence rate ratio of URTI (0.60, p < 0.0001) were recorded for the probiotic group. No adverse events were recorded. Six months supplementation with Lab4P probiotic resulted in significant weight reduction and improved small dense low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (sdLDL-C) profiles, QoL and URTI incidence outcomes in overweight/obese individuals.


Asunto(s)
Bifidobacterium/fisiología , Lactobacillus/fisiología , Obesidad/tratamiento farmacológico , Obesidad/microbiología , Sobrepeso/tratamiento farmacológico , Sobrepeso/microbiología , Probióticos/uso terapéutico , Peso Corporal/fisiología , Método Doble Ciego , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Calidad de Vida , Ensayos Clínicos Controlados Aleatorios como Asunto , Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio , Circunferencia de la Cintura/fisiología , Pérdida de Peso/fisiología
2.
Benef Microbes ; 10(4): 437-447, 2019 Apr 19.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30827148

RESUMEN

Neurodegeneration has been linked to changes in the gut microbiota and this study compares the neuroprotective capability of two bacterial consortia, known as Lab4 and Lab4b, using the established SH-SY5Y neuronal cell model. Firstly, varying total antioxidant capacities (TAC) were identified in the intact cells from each consortia and their secreted metabolites, referred to as conditioned media (CM). 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and Crystal Violet (CV) assays of cell viability revealed that Lab4 CM and Lab4b CM could induce similar levels of proliferation in SH-SY5Y cells and, despite divergent TAC, possessed a comparable ability to protect undifferentiated and retinoic acid-differentiated cells from the cytotoxic actions of rotenone and undifferentiated cells from the cytotoxic actions of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium iodide (MPP+). Lab4 CM and Lab4b CM also had the ability to attenuate rotenone-induced apoptosis and necrosis with Lab4b inducing the greater effect. Both consortia showed an analogous ability to attenuate intracellular reactive oxygen species accumulation in SH-SY5Y cells although the differential upregulation of genes encoding glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase by Lab4 CM and Lab4b CM, respectively, implicates the involvement of consortia-specific antioxidative mechanisms of action. This study implicates Lab4 and Lab4b as potential neuroprotective agents and justifies their inclusion in further in vivo studies.


Asunto(s)
Consorcios Microbianos/fisiología , Fármacos Neuroprotectores/farmacología , Probióticos/farmacología , 1-Metil-4-fenilpiridinio/toxicidad , Antioxidantes/análisis , Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Bifidobacterium/clasificación , Bifidobacterium/metabolismo , Línea Celular Tumoral , Supervivencia Celular , Medios de Cultivo Condicionados/química , Medios de Cultivo Condicionados/farmacología , Humanos , Lactobacillus/clasificación , Lactobacillus/metabolismo , Neuronas/efectos de los fármacos , Neuronas/metabolismo , Neuronas/patología , Fármacos Neuroprotectores/química , Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos , Probióticos/química , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo , Rotenona/toxicidad
3.
Neurobiol Learn Mem ; 104: 73-81, 2013 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23721814

RESUMEN

Frontotemporal lobe dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous range of disorders, a subset of which arise from fully penetrant, autosomal dominant point mutations in the gene coding for the microtubule associated protein tau. These genetic tauopathies are associated with complex behavioural/cognitive disturbances, including compromised executive function. In the present study, we modelled the effects of the FTD with Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) tauV337M mutation (known as the Seattle Family A mutation) expressed in mice on executive processes using a novel murine analogue of the Stroop task. Employing biconditional discrimination procedures, Experiment 1 showed that normal mice, but not mice with excitotoxic lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex, were able to use context cues to resolve response conflict generated by incongruent stimulus compounds. In contrast to predictions, response conflict resolution was not disrupted by the tauV337M mutation (Experiment 2). However, while context appropriate actions were goal-directed in wild-type mice, performance of tauV337M mice was not goal-directed (Experiment 3). The results indicate that the tauV337M mutation in mice disrupts, selectively, a subset of processes related to executive function.


Asunto(s)
Función Ejecutiva/fisiología , Mutación , Corteza Prefrontal/fisiología , Proteínas tau/genética , Estimulación Acústica , Animales , Cromosomas Humanos Par 17 , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Demencia Frontotemporal/genética , Demencia Frontotemporal/fisiopatología , Humanos , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Transgénicos , Estimulación Luminosa , Proteínas tau/metabolismo
4.
Neuroscience ; 174: 71-83, 2011 Feb 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21093545

RESUMEN

A mouse model of amyloid pathology was used to first examine using a cross sectional design changes in retrosplenial cortex activity in transgenic mice aged 5, 11, 17, and 23 months. Attention focused on: (1) overt amyloid labeled with ß-amyloid((1-42)) and Congo Red staining, (2) metabolic function assessed by the enzyme, cytochrome oxidase, and (3) neuronal activity as assessed indirectly by the immediate-early gene (IEG), c-Fos. Changes in cytochrome oxidase and c-Fos activity were observed in the retrosplenial cortex in Tg2576 mice as early as 5 months of age, long before evidence of plaque formation. Subsequent analyses concentrating on this early dysfunction revealed at 5 months pervasive, amyloid precursor protein (APP)-derived peptide accumulation in the retrosplenial cortex and selective afferents (anterior thalamus, hippocampus), which was associated with the observed c-Fos hyporeactivity. These findings indicate that retrosplenial cortex dysfunction occurs during early stages of amyloid production in Tg2576 mice and may contribute to cognitive dysfunction.


Asunto(s)
Complejo IV de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Giro del Cíngulo/metabolismo , Giro del Cíngulo/patología , Placa Amiloide/patología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-fos/metabolismo , Péptidos beta-Amiloides/genética , Péptidos beta-Amiloides/metabolismo , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/genética , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Animales , Corteza Entorrinal/metabolismo , Corteza Entorrinal/patología , Conducta Exploratoria , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Hipocampo/patología , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos , Mutación , Fragmentos de Péptidos/genética , Fragmentos de Péptidos/metabolismo , Tálamo/metabolismo , Tálamo/patología , Corteza Visual/metabolismo , Corteza Visual/patología
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Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) ; 61(12): 1785-92, 2008.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18609388

RESUMEN

In 2 experiments we examined the ability of rats to form configural memories of what auditory stimulus (X or Y) was presented where (Context A or B) and when (morning or afternoon). In both experiments, rats received morning presentations of X in Context A and Y in Context B and afternoon presentations of X in B and Y in A. Subsequently, at midday the rats were exposed to trials where X was paired with footshock whereas Y was not. We then assessed the degree of contextual fear in A and B in the morning and the afternoon. In the morning, rats showed more fear in A than in B, and in the afternoon they showed more fear in B than in A. These results indicate that rats can form configural memories that represent what (X or Y) was presented, where (A or B), and when (morning or afternoon).


Asunto(s)
Ciclos de Actividad/fisiología , Condicionamiento Operante/fisiología , Ambiente , Memoria/fisiología , Refuerzo en Psicología , Animales , Reacción de Prevención/fisiología , Señales (Psicología) , Masculino , Ratas
6.
Prog Brain Res ; 169: 159-78, 2008.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18394473

RESUMEN

It is widely believed that synaptic plasticity may provide the neural mechanism that underlies certain kinds of learning and memory in the mammalian brain. The expression of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus, an experimental model of synaptic plasticity, requires the GluR-A subunit of the AMPA subtype of glutamate receptor. Genetically modified mice lacking the GluR-A subunit show normal acquisition of the standard, fixed-location, hidden-platform watermaze task, a spatial reference memory task that requires the hippocampus. In contrast, these mice are dramatically impaired on hippocampus-dependent, spatial working memory tasks, in which the spatial response of the animal is dependent on information in short-term memory. Taken together, these results argue for two distinct and independent spatial information processing mechanisms: (i) a GluR-A-independent associative learning mechanism through which a particular spatial response is gradually or incrementally strengthened, and which presumably underlies the acquisition of the classic watermaze paradigm and (ii) a GluR-A-dependent, non-associative, short-term memory trace which determines performance on spatial working memory tasks. These results are discussed in terms of Wagner's SOP model (1981).


Asunto(s)
Aprendizaje por Asociación/fisiología , Memoria/fisiología , Plasticidad Neuronal/fisiología , Receptores AMPA/fisiología , Animales , Hipocampo/citología , Hipocampo/fisiología , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Plasticidad Neuronal/genética
7.
Behav Neurosci ; 121(3): 559-69, 2007 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17592947

RESUMEN

Genetically modified mice lacking the glutamate receptor A (GluR-A) subunit of the AMPA receptor (GluR-A-/- mice) display normal spatial reference memory but impaired spatial working memory (SWM). This study tested whether the SWM impairment in these mice could be explained by a greater sensitivity to within-session proactive interference. The SWM performance of GluR-A-/- and wild-type mice was assessed during nonmatching-to-place testing under conditions in which potential proactive interference from previous trials was reduced or eliminated. SWM was impaired in GluR-A-/- mice, both during testing with pseudotrial-unique arm presentations on the radial maze and when conducting each trial on a different 3-arm maze, each in a novel testing room. Experimentally naive GluR-A-/- mice also exhibited chance performance during a single trial of spontaneous alternation. This 1-trial spatial memory deficit was present irrespective of the delay between the sample information and the response choice (0 or 45 min) and the length of the sample phase (0.5 or 5 min). These results imply that the SWM deficit in GluR-A-/- mice is not due to increased susceptibility to proactive interference.


Asunto(s)
Trastornos de la Memoria/genética , Memoria a Corto Plazo/fisiología , Receptores AMPA/deficiencia , Percepción Espacial/fisiología , Animales , Conducta Exploratoria/fisiología , Femenino , Masculino , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/fisiología , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Tiempo de Reacción/genética
8.
Behav Neurosci ; 121(1): 218-23, 2007 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17324066

RESUMEN

Dual-process models of recognition memory in animals propose that recognition memory is supported by two independent processes that reflect the operation of distinct brain structures: a familiarity process that operates independently of the hippocampus and a context-dependent (episodic) memory process that is dependent on the hippocampus. A novel variant of an object recognition procedure was used to examine this proposal. Healthy rats showed a preference for exploring a novel object rather than a familiar object: a familiarity-dependent recognition effect. They also showed a preference for exploring a familiar object that was presented in a different spatiotemporal context rather than a familiar object that was presented either in a different spatial or temporal context: a context-dependent form of recognition that is sensitive to "what" object has been presented "where" and "when." Rats with excitotoxic hippocampal lesions showed the familiarity-dependent but not the context-dependent form of recognition. The results provide support for dual-process theories of recognition memory.


Asunto(s)
Lesiones Encefálicas/complicaciones , Hipocampo/fisiopatología , Trastornos de la Memoria/etiología , Recuerdo Mental/fisiología , Reconocimiento Visual de Modelos/fisiología , Animales , Lesiones Encefálicas/inducido químicamente , Lesiones Encefálicas/patología , Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos , Ácido Iboténico , Masculino , Recuerdo Mental/efectos de los fármacos , Pruebas Neuropsicológicas , Reconocimiento Visual de Modelos/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas
9.
Psychopharmacology (Berl) ; 188(4): 552-66, 2006 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16676163

RESUMEN

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to provide a review of studies using N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists to assess the hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP)/learning hypothesis. DISCUSSION: In particular, we will re-examine the validity of both (1) the original hippocampal LTP/spatial learning hypothesis of Morris and (2) the sensorimotor account put forward by Cain, among others, both from the point of view of the pharmacological studies on which they were based and with regard to recent studies with genetically modified mice. More specifically, we will review the pharmacological studies in the light of recent work on the glutamate receptor A (GluR-A or GluR1) L-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazelopropionate (AMPA) receptor sub-unit knockout mouse. We will argue that neither the original hippocampal LTP/spatial learning hypothesis nor a sensorimotor account can adequately explain all of the available data. We argue instead that hippocampal synaptic plasticity, which requires NMDA receptors for its induction and GluR-A-containing AMPA receptors for its continued expression, contributes to a process whereby appropriate behavioural responses are selected rapidly on the basis of conditional information provided by the context. These contextual cues could include not only the spatial context (i.e. the 'where') and the temporal context (the 'when'), but also other aspects of context, such as internal state cues (hunger and fear state), and can be used to rapidly and flexibly alter valences of specific response options. RECOMMENDATIONS: We also suggest that there is a separate, distinct, NMDA/GluR-A-independent mechanism through which the context can gradually (incrementally or decrementally) alter the valence of a particular response option.


Asunto(s)
Hipocampo/fisiología , Memoria/fisiología , Receptores AMPA/fisiología , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/fisiología , 2-Amino-5-fosfonovalerato/farmacología , Animales , Antagonistas de Aminoácidos Excitadores/farmacología , Potenciación a Largo Plazo/efectos de los fármacos , Potenciación a Largo Plazo/fisiología , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/efectos de los fármacos , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/fisiología , Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/antagonistas & inhibidores
10.
Behav Neurosci ; 120(6): 1225-34, 2006 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17201466

RESUMEN

Recent evidence suggests that estrogen may interact with the basal forebrain cholinergic system to influence learning. The authors examined whether the loss of estrogen following ovariectomy (Experiment 1) or the disruption to the estrogen cycle during aging (Experiment 2) impaired performance of the 5-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRT)--a sustained and divided attention task sensitive to cholinergic challenges in rats. In Experiment 1, posttraining ovariectomy in young rats did not disrupt baseline performance but did impair performance when attention was challenged by variation in the intertrial interval (ITI) or in the intermittent presentation of a novel distracting auditory stimulus. Administration of 17-beta estradiol rescued these impairments. Through the use of a within-subjects design, Experiment 2 revealed that 17-beta estradiol did not influence the baseline performance of 21-month-old female rats trained on the 5-CSRT task from a young age but did improve performance when attention was challenged by varying the ITI or by presenting a distracting auditory cue. The results indicate that 17-beta estradiol administration can improve specific components of attention in young ovariectomized rats and gonadally intact aged female rats.


Asunto(s)
Envejecimiento/fisiología , Atención/efectos de los fármacos , Estradiol/farmacología , Ovariectomía , Percepción Espacial/efectos de los fármacos , Estimulación Acústica/métodos , Análisis de Varianza , Animales , Conducta Animal/efectos de los fármacos , Conducta de Elección/efectos de los fármacos , Señales (Psicología) , Discriminación en Psicología/efectos de los fármacos , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática/métodos , Estradiol/sangre , Femenino , Estimulación Luminosa/métodos , Ratas , Tiempo de Reacción/efectos de los fármacos , Factores de Tiempo
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Behav Neurosci ; 118(5): 1011-21, 2004 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15506883

RESUMEN

Geometric information provided by the walls of an environment has a strong influence over hippocampal unit activity. This suggests that the hippocampus forms part of a cognitive mapping system that encodes geometric relationships between environmental cues and the animal's location. Here, the authors show for the first time that excitotoxic lesions of the hippocampus disrupt the ability of rats to navigate to a goal using shape information provided by a solid-walled arena and an array of identical landmarks. These results are consistent with cognitive mapping theories of hippocampal function and extend previous research by showing that hippocampal cell loss impairs navigation with respect to shape information provided by both physical barriers and an array of landmarks.


Asunto(s)
Ambiente , Hipocampo/fisiología , Orientación/fisiología , Conducta Espacial/fisiología , Animales , Reacción de Fuga/fisiología , Masculino , Ratas
12.
Exp Brain Res ; 142(3): 395-401, 2002 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11819048

RESUMEN

Although a number of studies have implicated the hippocampal formation in social recognition memory in the rat, a recent study in this laboratory has demonstrated that selective cytotoxic lesions, confined to the hippocampus proper (encompassing the four CA subfields and the dentate gyrus), are without effect on this behaviour. This finding suggests that the hippocampus proper does not subserve social recognition memory in the rat, but does not preclude the possibility that other areas of the hippocampal formation, such as the entorhinal cortex or subiculum, could support this form of learning. The present study addressed this issue by examining the effects of selective cytotoxic retrohippocampal (RHR) lesions (including both the entorhinal cortex and subiculum) on social recognition memory in the rat. RHR lesions produced a mild social recognition memory impairment, although lesioned animals still displayed a reduction in investigation time between the first and second exposure to the juvenile. This result is consistent with other studies which have implicated the retrohippocampal or parahippocampal area in olfactory recognition memory processes. It also suggests, however, that other areas, out with the retrohippocampal region, are also likely to play an important role in social recognition memory.


Asunto(s)
Corteza Entorrinal/fisiopatología , Hipocampo/fisiopatología , Trastornos de la Memoria/patología , Trastornos de la Memoria/fisiopatología , Reconocimiento en Psicología/fisiología , Conducta Social , Factores de Edad , Animales , Aprendizaje Discriminativo/fisiología , Corteza Entorrinal/lesiones , Corteza Entorrinal/patología , Hipocampo/lesiones , Hipocampo/patología , Masculino , Neuronas/efectos de los fármacos , Neuronas/patología , Neuronas/fisiología , Neurotoxinas/farmacología , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas , Tiempo de Reacción/fisiología , Olfato/fisiología
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Exp Brain Res ; 141(3): 281-303, 2001 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11715073

RESUMEN

It is generally acknowledged that the rodent hippocampus plays an important role in spatial learning and memory. The importance of the entorhinal cortex (ERC), an area that is closely interconnected anatomically with the hippocampus, in these forms of learning is less clear cut. Recent studies using selective, fibre-sparing cytotoxic lesions have generated conflicting results, with some studies showing that spatial learning can proceed normally without the ERC, suggesting that this area is not required for normal hippocampal function. The present study compared cytotoxic and aspiration ERC lesions with both fimbria fornix (FFX) lesions and sham-operated controls on two spatial learning tasks which have repeatedly been shown to depend on the hippocampus. Both groups of ERC lesions were impaired during non-matching-to-place testing (rewarded alternation) on the elevated T-maze. However, neither of these lesions subsequently had any effect on the acquisition of a standard spatial reference memory task in the water maze. FFX lesions produced a robust and reliable impairment on both of these tasks. A second experiment confirmed that cytotoxic ERC lesions spared water maze learning but disrupted rewarded alternation on the T-maze, when the order of behavioural testing was reversed. These results confirm previous reports that ERC-lesioned animals are capable of spatial navigation in the water maze, suggesting that the ERC is not a prerequisite for normal hippocampal function in this task. The present demonstration that ERC lesions disrupt non-matching-to-place performance may, however, be consistent with the possibility that ERC lesions affect attentional mechanisms, for example, by increasing the sensitivity to recent reward history.


Asunto(s)
Corteza Entorrinal/fisiología , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/fisiología , Memoria/fisiología , Animales , Mapeo Encefálico , Fórnix/fisiología , Masculino , Mesotelina , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas , Natación
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Exp Brain Res ; 141(3): 304-11, 2001 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11715074

RESUMEN

Recent studies have questioned the importance of the entorhinal cortex (ERC) for normal hippocampal function. For example, fibre-sparing ERC lesions have been found to have no effect on spatial learning in the watermaze. There is also doubt as to the importance of the ERC for contextual fear conditioning, with previous studies having yielded conflicting results. In an attempt to resolve this issue, the present study compared aspiration and cytotoxic ERC lesioned rats, along with fimbria-fornix (FFX) lesioned animals and sham operated controls, on an unsignalled contextual fear conditioning paradigm. The results of the present study show that whereas lesions of the FFX disrupted contextual freezing, neither aspiration nor cytotoxic ERC lesions had any effect on this behaviour. Aspiration ERC lesioned rats, however, like FFX lesioned animals, did display hyperactivity prior to the delivery of footshock. These results suggest that whereas projections between the hippocampus and subcortical structures are important for normal levels of contextual freezing, projections from the entorhinal cortex are not essential.


Asunto(s)
Corteza Cerebral/fisiología , Condicionamiento Psicológico/fisiología , Corteza Entorrinal/fisiología , Miedo/fisiología , Hipocampo/fisiología , Animales , Conducta Animal/fisiología , Mapeo Encefálico , Fórnix/fisiología , Masculino , Mesotelina , Vías Nerviosas/fisiología , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas
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Q J Exp Psychol B ; 54(3): 233-45, 2001 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11547513

RESUMEN

Learning the association between one stimulus (a condition stimulus, CS) and another (unconditioned stimulus, US) can be impaired by prior exposure to the CS alone--latent inhibition (LI). Current theories attempting to elucidate the cognitive deficit in schizophrenia have used the abolition of LI in schizophrenia as an indicator of attentional dysfunction. However, it has always been unclear if human and animal LI are measuring the same psychological processes. It is obviously important to clarify this relationship so that theoretical and experimental developments in the rat do not mislead the investigation of brain-behaviour relationships in schizophrenia. LI in the rat is strongly dependent upon context. Our aim was to examine the context specificity of LI in humans and specifically to: (1) investigate whether participants' belief that they are in a different context is sufficient to abolish LI, even though there is no physical change in the environment; (2) produce a context manipulation that is immune to alternative interpretation in terms of stimulus generalization decrement; and (3) investigate whether a "tonic" change of context reduces or abolishes human LI, thus complementing previous reports using a "phasic" change of context. In two experiments we manipulated context in either the real world or a virtual world, and showed that LI is abolished by a change of context in adult humans.


Asunto(s)
Inhibición Psicológica , Adolescente , Adulto , Aprendizaje por Asociación/fisiología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Distribución Aleatoria , Tiempo de Reacción
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Nat Neurosci ; 2(3): 271-6, 1999 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10195221

RESUMEN

We investigated synaptic communication and plasticity in hippocampal slices from mice overexpressing mutated 695-amino-acid human amyloid precursor protein (APP695SWE), which show behavioral and histopathological abnormalities simulating Alzheimer's disease. Although aged APP transgenic mice exhibit normal fast synaptic transmission and short term plasticity, they are severely impaired in in-vitro and in-vivo long-term potentiation (LTP) in both the CA1 and dentate gyrus regions of the hippocampus. The LTP deficit was correlated with impaired performance in a spatial working memory task in aged transgenics. These deficits are accompanied by minimal or no loss of presynaptic or postsynaptic elementary structural elements in the hippocampus, suggesting that impairments in functional synaptic plasticity may underlie some of the cognitive deficits in these mice and, possibly, in Alzheimer's patients.


Asunto(s)
Envejecimiento/fisiología , Envejecimiento/psicología , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Aprendizaje/fisiología , Plasticidad Neuronal/fisiología , Sinapsis/fisiología , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/genética , Animales , Giro Dentado/fisiología , Hipocampo/fisiología , Humanos , Potenciación a Largo Plazo/fisiología , Memoria/fisiología , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos/genética , Percepción Espacial/fisiología
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Behav Neurosci ; 113(6): 1170-88, 1999 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10636297

RESUMEN

Rats with complete cytotoxic hippocampal lesions exhibited spatial memory impairments in both the water maze and elevated T maze. They were hyperactive in photocell cages; swam faster in the water maze; and were less efficient on a nonspatial, differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL) task. Performance on both spatial tasks was also impaired by selective dorsal but not ventral lesions; swim speed was increased by ventral but not dorsal lesions. Both partial lesions caused a comparable reduction in DRL efficiency, although these effects were smaller than those of complete lesions. Neither partial lesion induced hyperactivity when rats were tested in photocell cages, although both complete and ventral lesion groups showed increased activity after footshock in other studies (Richmond et al., 1999). These results demonstrate possible functional dissociations along the septotemporal axis of the hippocampus.


Asunto(s)
Hipocampo/fisiología , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/fisiología , Percepción Espacial/fisiología , Análisis de Varianza , Animales , Antagonistas de Aminoácidos Excitadores/administración & dosificación , Hipocampo/lesiones , Hipercinesia , Locomoción , Masculino , Microinyecciones , N-Metilaspartato/administración & dosificación , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas
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Neurobiol Learn Mem ; 68(3): 252-70, 1997 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9398588

RESUMEN

Most previous studies investigating the relationship between N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity and learning have employed drugs that either compete with glutamate for access to the primary agonist binding site (e.g., D-2-amino-5-phosphopentanoic acid) or block the associated ion channel (e.g., dizocilpine). This study targeted the glycine receptor site located on the NMDA receptor complex. Chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of the glycine site antagonist 7-chlorokynurenate (7CK; 75 mM, 0.5 microliter/h, icv, for up to 14 days) impaired performance of male Lister hooded rats during acquisition of a spatial reference memory task in the water maze. In addition, however, these animals showed sensorimotor deficits, including a prolonged righting reflex, ataxia, and difficulty in staying on the escape platform. On completion of behavioral testing, the rats were anesthetized with urethane and an attempt was made to induce LTP in the hippocampus ipsilateral to the infusion cannula. Both control and 7CK-infused animals displayed equivalent long-term potentiation (LTP) 60 min posttetanus. A novel analytical technique for assaying drug tissue levels involving high-performance liquid chromotography with fluorescence detection revealed that tissue levels of 7CK in hippocampus were extremely low and unlikely to be sufficient to affect LTP, as observed. These findings neither support nor compromise the LTP/learning hypothesis, but they illustrate some of the problems of using drugs to elucidate the neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory and the importance of a within-subjects design incorporating behavioral, physiological, and biochemical measures.


Asunto(s)
Encéfalo/efectos de los fármacos , Reacción de Fuga/efectos de los fármacos , Antagonistas de Aminoácidos Excitadores/farmacología , Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos , Ácido Quinurénico/análogos & derivados , Potenciación a Largo Plazo/efectos de los fármacos , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/efectos de los fármacos , Recuerdo Mental/efectos de los fármacos , Receptores de Glicina/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/antagonistas & inhibidores , Animales , Encéfalo/anatomía & histología , Mapeo Encefálico , Dominancia Cerebral/efectos de los fármacos , Dominancia Cerebral/fisiología , Reacción de Fuga/fisiología , Antagonistas de Aminoácidos Excitadores/farmacocinética , Hipocampo/anatomía & histología , Inyecciones Intraventriculares , Ácido Quinurénico/farmacocinética , Ácido Quinurénico/farmacología , Potenciación a Largo Plazo/fisiología , Masculino , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/fisiología , Recuerdo Mental/fisiología , Plasticidad Neuronal/efectos de los fármacos , Plasticidad Neuronal/fisiología , Orientación/efectos de los fármacos , Orientación/fisiología , Ratas , Receptores de Glicina/fisiología , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/fisiología , Retención en Psicología/efectos de los fármacos , Retención en Psicología/fisiología
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Nature ; 378(6553): 182-6, 1995 Nov 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7477320

RESUMEN

Synaptic plasticity dependent on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors is thought to underlie certain types of learning and memory. In support of this, both hippocampal long-term potentiation and spatial learning in a watermaze are impaired by blocking NMDA receptors with a selective antagonist D(-)-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (AP5) or by a mutation in one of the receptor subunits. Here we report, however, that the AP5-induced learning deficit can be almost completely prevented if rats are pretrained in a different watermaze before administration of the drug. This is not because of stimulus generalization, and occurs despite learning of the second task remaining hippocampus dependent. An AP5-induced learning deficit is, however, still seen if the animals are pretrained using a non-spatial task. Thus, despite its procedural simplicity, the watermaze may involve multiple cognitive processes with distinct pharmacological properties; although required for some component of spatial learning, NMDA receptors may not be required for encoding the spatial representation of a specific environment.


Asunto(s)
Aprendizaje por Laberinto/fisiología , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/fisiología , Percepción Espacial/fisiología , 2-Amino-5-fosfonovalerato/farmacología , Animales , Líquido Cefalorraquídeo , Antagonistas de Aminoácidos Excitadores/farmacología , Hipocampo/fisiología , Potenciación a Largo Plazo , Masculino , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/efectos de los fármacos , Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Memoria/fisiología , Ratas , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/antagonistas & inhibidores
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Behav Brain Sci ; 17(3): 477-8, 1994 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23305903
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