In aged female rats, D-Trp6-LHRH counteracted age-related impairment in task performance.
In plain wordsIn rats, D-Trp6-LHRH counteracted age-related impairment in memory task performance.
- Outcome
- IncreaseWorking memory performance
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
22-month-old female rats in a matching-to-sample task- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 800 micrograms/kg microcapsules releasing 5 micrograms per day · subcutaneousAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Administration of D-Trp6-LHRH counteracted the deleterious effect of age on performance and inhibited ovary function.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
This experiment investigates the effect of administering an analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), D-Trp6-LHRH, to 22-mo-old female rats submitted to successive trainings in a water-reinforced matching to sample task since the age of three months.
Animals were injected SC with a long-lasting microcapsule formulation (800 micrograms/kg continuously releasing 5 micrograms D-Trp6-LHRH per day for at least 28 days).