Effects of hyperbaric oxygen pre-exposure on the motor learning acquisition phase.
Behav Brain Res
; 476: 115243, 2024 Sep 13.
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ABSTRACT
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) exposure has recently been reported to be effective in spatial learning and memory. Additionally, HBO exposure considerably improves performance on motor tasks. These findings suggest that HBO exposure may facilitate motor learning. However, the specific effects of HBO exposure on motor learning remain largely unexplored. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of HBO exposure on motor learning tasks. In the experimental animal models (control n = 8, HBO n = 8), the HBO environment was exposed to 100â¯% oxygen with the chamber at 2.0 atmosphere absolute (ATA) for 90â¯min/day for 20 days. The motor learning task was an accelerated rotating bar task (bar width, 3 and 6â¯cm; rotation speed, 4-40â¯rpm; acceleration, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8â¯rpm/s). The learning task was performed for 3 consecutive days. The HBO group showed a main effect of the day factor on the bar with a width of 6â¯cm, and significant differences were observed for each day comparison. However, no main effect of the day factor was observed in the control group. Additionally, significant differences were found in the bar with a width of 3â¯cm for both groups between days 1 and 2 and between days 1 and 3. In conclusion, these findings suggest that HBO exposure has a positive effect on more challenging motor learning tasks.
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Behav Brain Res
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Holanda