The effects of centrally administered fluorocitrate via inhibiting glial cells on working memory in rats |
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Authors: | Lei Wang Chao-Cui Li Gong-Wu Wang Jing-Xia Cai |
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Institution: | Section of Brain and Behavior, Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China;
Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China |
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Abstract: | Although prefrontal and hippocampal neurons are critical for spatial working memory, the function of glial cells in spatial working memory remains uncertain. In this study we investigated the function of glial cells in rats’ working memory. The glial cells of rat brain were inhibited by intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of fluorocitrate (FC). The effects of FC on the glial cells were examined by using elec-troencephalogram (EEG) recordings and delayed spatial alternation tasks. After icv injection of 10 μL of 0.5 nmol/L or 5 nmol/L FC, the EEG power spectrum recorded from the hippocampus increased, but the power spectrum for the prefrontal cortex did not change, and working memory was unaffected. Fol-lowing an icv injection of 10 μL of 20 nmol/L FC, the EEG power spectra in both the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus increased, and working memory improved. The icv injection of 10 μL of 50 nmol/L FC, the EEG power spectra in both the prefrontal cortex and in the hippocampus decreased, and working memory was impaired. These results suggest that spatial working memory is affected by cen-trally administered FC, but only if there are changes in the EEG power spectrum in the prefrontal cortex. Presumably, the prefrontal glial cells relate to the working memory. |
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Keywords: | glial cell fluorocitrate prefrontal cortex hippocampus electroencephalogram power spectrum spatial working memory |
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