In mice given scopolamine, [Gly(14)]-humanin reversed the impairment of spontaneous alternation behaviour in the Y-maze.
In plain wordsIn mice, a more potent humanin form reversed the short-term memory impairment caused by scopolamine.
- Peptide
- Humanin
- Outcome
- IncreaseSpontaneous alternation in Y-maze after scopolamine
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
scopolamine-induced impairment- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 1000 pmol per 5 microl · intracerebroventricularAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
[Gly(14)]-Humanin (1000 pmol 5 microl(-1) i.c.v.) reversed the impairment without affecting the number of arm entries.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In this study, we evaluated the effects of [Gly(14)]-humanin, a more potent humanin analogue, on the scopolamine HBr (1 mg kg(-1) s.c.)-induced impairment of spontaneous alternation behaviour in the Y-maze, an index of short-term memory in mice.