High-fat diets impair spatial learning in the radial-arm maze in mice

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-85

  Valladolid Acebes, I ^a   Stucchi, P ^b   Cano, V ^a   Fernandez Alfonso M S ^b   Merino, B ^a   Gil Ortega, M ^a   Fole, A ^a   Morales, L ^a   Ruiz Gayo, M ^a   Olmo, N Del ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet induced obesity; High fat diet; Hippocampus; Radial arm maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LIPID DIET; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADIPOSITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY FATS; EATING; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78651259406     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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