In rats trained to avoid foot-shock by jumping on a shelf, intraperitoneal Semax at 0.05 mg/kg accelerated acquisition of one-way active avoidance.
In plain wordsIn rats, Semax at 0.05 mg/kg given by injection into the abdomen sped up learning to avoid a foot-shock.
- Peptide
- Semax
- Outcome
- IncreaseAcquisition of one-way active avoidance response
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Active avoidance training (foot-shock)- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 0.05 mg/kg · intraperitonealAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
It was shown that intraperitoneal Semax administration at a dose of 0.05 mg/kg accelerated acquisition of one-way active avoidance response when rats were trained to avoid electric foot-shock by jumping on the shelf.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Semax effects on formation of active avoidance reaction in rats in different experimental models have been studied.