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Rats were trained to alternate responses on a discrete trial working memory task on a T-maze. In Experiment 1, the rats were then matched for choice accuracy and allocated to three treatment groups. These were: implantation of osmotic minipumps for intraventricular infusion of either (a) 15 mM D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP5) or (b) artificial cerebrospinal fluid (VEH); and an unoperated control group (UNOP). In Phase 1 we assessed alternation performance with a minimal delay between responses: the UNOP and VEH rats continued to choose accurately; the AP5 rats showed an impairment of choice accuracy, but recovered over days. In Phase 2 a 20-s delay between responses was enforced, and choice accuracy was assessed following injections either of saline or of Milacemide HCl (10 mg/kg). There was now a severe and enduring impairment of choice accuracy in the AP5 group, but Milacemide injections did not affect performance in any of the treatment groups. In Experiment 2 rats were trained in a similar way, and then given intraperitoneal injections of MK801 or of physiological saline in a within-subjects design and tested for T-maze performance with a minimal or a 20-s delay betwee

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Author

J. Tonkiss; J. N. P. Rawlins

Publisher

Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0014-4819)

Published

1990

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)