Chronic neonatal nicotine increases anxiety but does not impair cognition in adult rats.
Behav Neurosci
; 121(6): 1342-52, 2007 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-18085887
ABSTRACT
Developmental nicotine exposure has been implicated in the association between maternal smoking and adverse outcomes in offspring. The 3rd trimester of human pregnancy is equivalent to the 1st postnatal week in rodents; both are periods of active brain growth during which nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are transiently upregulated. Chronic neonatal nicotine (CNN; 6 mg/kg/day) from postnatal Days 1 to 7 was given orally to rat pups to evaluate long-term behavioral effects. Males and females were tested as adolescents or as young adults. CNN significantly decreased center time, ambulatory behavior, and rearing in the open-field test and decreased the number of entrances and time spent in the open arm of the elevated plus-maze in both sexes and ages. CNN did not change performance in the T maze or in the water maze in adult males or females. Motor coordination was not altered. In summary, CNN had long-term effects on anxiety-like behavior but did not affect spatial learning and memory functions. This finding is particularly important when evaluating the benefits of nicotine-replacement therapies during human pregnancies, which may improve smoking cessation rates but could result in long-term behavioral consequences.
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Assunto principal:
Desempenho Psicomotor
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Comportamento Animal
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Agonistas Nicotínicos
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Aprendizagem em Labirinto
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Comportamento Exploratório
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Nicotina
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Animals
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Pregnancy
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En
Ano de publicação:
2007
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Article