1. The Effect of Subacute Supplementation of Taurine on Spatial Learning and Memory
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Koichi Ito, Hirokazu Tsubone, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Matevz Arko, and Masayoshi Kuwahara
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Taurine ,Administration, Oral ,Morris water navigation task ,Water maze ,Escape latency ,Affect (psychology) ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Escape Reaction ,Memory ,Internal medicine ,Reaction Time ,medicine ,Animals ,Rats, Wistar ,Maze Learning ,Swimming ,Behavior, Animal ,General Veterinary ,business.industry ,Body Weight ,Direct observation ,General Medicine ,Rats ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Anesthesia ,Dietary Supplements ,Spatial learning ,Food Additives ,Animal Science and Zoology ,business - Abstract
Although the effect of taurine on the heart and liver is well studied, there has been no direct observation concerning the effect of taurine on spatial learning and memory at the behavior level. In this study, we tested the effect of subacute taurine supplementation with evaluation by the Morris water maze method. Although swim distance to find the platform of taurine-supplemented rats was significantly longer than that of control rats due to increase of swimming velocity, escape latency and the efficacy of learning and memory was comparable in both groups. These results suggest that taurine supplemented orally does not affect the learning and memory function. more...
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- 2009
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