POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE SYNTHETIC AMINO-ACID, L-ETHIONINE, ON MEMORY IN RATS

被引：4

作者：

LLOYD, RL

LEWIS, DJ

机构：

[1] Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles

来源：

PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR | 1979年 / 22卷 / 05期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Amnesia; Drugs; Learning; Memory;

D O I：

10.1016/0031-9384(79)90348-2

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Two experiments to explore the behavioral effects of injections of the synthetic amino acid L-ethionine indicated that this drug interferes with the performance of a learned passive avoidance response. Additionally, this deficit was found to occur in the absence of detectable changes in gross motor activity. Because this effect was found when the drug was injected near the time of training, but not when it was injected before testing, and because the effect was found to persist after the drug is believed to have been eliminated from the blood stream, the data were interpreted as reflecting a possible effect upon some aspect of memory functioning. © 1979.

引用

页码：1015 / 1019

页数：5

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