著者
篠原 恵介 畑 敏道
出版者
公益社団法人 日本心理学会
雑誌
心理学研究 (ISSN:00215236)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.84, no.6, pp.618-624, 2014
被引用文献数
6

We investigated the effect of a post-training chronic infusion of <i>N</i>-methyl-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blocker on retention of spatial reference memory in rats. In Experiment 1, we trained 4 groups of rats for 4 days (4 trials/day) in the Morris water maze task. In a single probe trial after retention intervals of 1, 7, 14, and 28 days, the 1-day group showed more goal crossings than shown by the other 3 groups. In Experiment 2, a chronic infusion of the NMDA receptor antagonist <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-AP5) or a control vehicle into the lateral ventricle was initiated 1 day after the training session, and continued for 6 days. In the subsequent probe trial (7 days after training), the rats that had received the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-AP5 infusion showed significantly more goal crossings than the controls. These findings suggest that an NMDA receptor blockade following acquisition facilitates retention of spatial reference memory.

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