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Effects of chronic lithium administration on brain weights, acetylcholinesterase activity and learning ability in rats

dc.contributor.authorCarla Gallo
dc.contributor.authorF. Giovanni Poletti
dc.contributor.authorT. Alberto Cazorla
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-14T21:43:31Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.description.abstractAbstract In order to test the effects of chronic lithium (Li) administration on learning and memory, 21 day old rats were subjected to different degrees of environmental stimulation (enriched condition, EC and impoverished condition, IC) with and without Li for 144 days. Li was administered with food (2.18 mEq/Kg weight/day). Average plasma Li concentration at the end of the experiment was 0.41 ± 0.04 μEq/ml. Both Li treatment and the environmental condition showed an overall significant effect on the cortex/subcortex weight ratio and learning ability index, but not on AChE activity in occipital cortex. A similar pattern of brain Li distribution was observed in both EC-Li and IC-Li, with occipital cortex having the highest levels. Li tissue/protein/plasma ratio was higher in EC than in IC, in all the brain areas studied. Other organs (liver and kidney) did not show EC-IC differences in the tissue/protein/plasma Li ratio.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(90)90610-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/19801
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartofurn:issn:0024-3205
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLife Sciences
dc.relation.issn0024-3205
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectGeneticsen_US
dc.subjectNeurodevelopmental Disordersen_US
dc.titleEffects of chronic lithium administration on brain weights, acetylcholinesterase activity and learning ability in ratsen_US
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.type.localArtículo de revista
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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