When tested at the ripe old age of 24 months, rats that had given birth earlier in life performed better on tests of learning and
memory than rats that had not given birth.
Not exact matches
But sometime later, I read an article about two researchers who discovered that mother
rats were smarter — specifically in learning and
memory capacity —
than rats that never had babies.
More experiments with the
rats showed that OEA activates the same areas of the brain that mediate the formation of emotionally charged
memories in humans, which are more vivid
than typical
memories.
More specifically, both amnesic
rats and people with damage to the hippocampus — a key structure in
memory formation — tend to eat in short sporadic bouts, rather
than in a few concentrated meals.
«
Rats have greater episodic
memory than previously thought.»
A new study by Indiana University researchers that appears online today in the journal Current Biology suggests that
rats exhibit much stronger episodic
memory than previously thought.
He thus doubts whether science can compile a dictionary for decoding the neural signals corresponding to human
memories, which are surely more complex, variable, and context sensitive
than those of
rats.
a, c) McGill APP transgenic
rats exhibited lower recognition
memory indices
than wild type littermates at a) pre-plaque (3 months) and c) post-plaque (13 months) stages.
Research at the University of New South Wales suggests that high - sugar diets can lead to
memory loss — in fact
rats fed a high sugar diet suffered deterioration in
memory and spatial recognition in less
than one week.
Research from the Society for Neuroscience found that adult
rats that were allowed to exercise regularly on a running wheel grew new brain cells and tested better on
memory exercises
than rats that did not run.
These
rats had better spatial and
memory skills
than rats not given the supplements.
That means I need to find ways to increase BDNF more
than in someone with the normal gene in order to preserve my cognitive function,
memory, and emotional regulation.8 Mu, J.S., et al. «Deprivation of Endogenous Brain - Derived Neurotrophic Factor Results in Impairment of Spatial Learning and Memory in Adult... continue 9Cirulli, F., et al. «Intrahippocampal Administration of BDNF in Adult Rats Affects Short - term Behavioral Plasticity in the Morris Water Maze and... co
memory, and emotional regulation.8 Mu, J.S., et al. «Deprivation of Endogenous Brain - Derived Neurotrophic Factor Results in Impairment of Spatial Learning and
Memory in Adult... continue 9Cirulli, F., et al. «Intrahippocampal Administration of BDNF in Adult Rats Affects Short - term Behavioral Plasticity in the Morris Water Maze and... co
Memory in Adult... continue 9Cirulli, F., et al. «Intrahippocampal Administration of BDNF in Adult
Rats Affects Short - term Behavioral Plasticity in the Morris Water Maze and... continue
Just as those of us who were long familiar with Lamb's temperature reconstruction smelt a
rat when we saw the hockey stick, so climate knowledge from history and anecdote can help us all appreciate recent trends and climate events in the context of a much longer time frame
than our short lives and shorter
memories.