In rats with photothrombotic prefrontal cortex injury, chronic intranasal Semax restored spatial learning ability.
In plain wordsIn rats with brain injury in the prefrontal cortex, Semax given through the nose restored spatial learning ability.
- Peptide
- Semax
- Outcome
- IncreaseSpatial learning in Morris water maze after prefrontal cortex injury
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 250 microg/kg · intranasal · six daysAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Chronic treatment of brain-injuried rats with peptide semax, a synthetic analogue of ACTH(4-7), at a dose of 250 microg/kg (intranasal, once a day) during six days after photothrombosis resulted in restoration of spatial learning ability.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Bilateral prefrontal cortex injury impair acquisition of the Morris water-maze on postoperative days 20-24.