Impairment of avoidance acquisition and altered regional brain amine levels in mice with uremic endotoxemia

W B Essman, E Heldman

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    Abstract

    Nephrectomized mice, with highly elevated blood-urea-nitrogen levels by 6 to 7 hr post-treatment, showed impaired acquisition of a passive avoidance response and changes in the ratio of 5-hydroxytryptamine to 5-hydroxyindole-acetic acid and level of norepinephrine in the telencephalon and cerebellum. The regional specificity of uremia-related biochemical changes and behavioral interaction offer bases upon which further investigation of endotoxemia effects on brain metabolism and behavior may be carried out.

    Original languageEnglish GB
    Pages (from-to)143-6
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysiology and Behavior
    Volume8
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1972

    Keywords

    • Animals
    • Avoidance Learning
    • Blood Urea Nitrogen
    • Brain/metabolism
    • Brain Chemistry
    • Cerebellum/metabolism
    • Diencephalon/metabolism
    • Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid/analysis
    • Male
    • Memory
    • Mice
    • Nephrectomy
    • Norepinephrine/analysis
    • Serotonin/analysis
    • Telencephalon/metabolism
    • Uremia/etiology

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