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ArticleBMC veterinary research2016

Reduced long-term memory in a rat model of 8 minutes ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest: a pilot trial.

Wolfgang Weihs, Alexandra-M Warenits, Florian Ettl, Ingrid A M Magnet, Ursula Teubenbacher, Andreas Hilpold, Andreas Schober, Christoph Testori, Akos Tiboldi, Katharina Tillmann Mag and 4 more

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Article in BMC veterinary research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Wolfgang WeihsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Alexandra-M WarenitsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Florian EttlDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Ingrid A M MagnetDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Ursula TeubenbacherDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Andreas HilpoldDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Andreas SchoberDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Christoph TestoriDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Akos TiboldiDepartment of Anaesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Management, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Katharina Tillmann MagCore Center of Biomedical Research, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Michael HolzerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Sandra HoeglerDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210, Wien, Austria.
Andreas JanataDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Fritz SterzDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria. fritz.sterz@meduniwien.ac.at.
Medical University of Vienna · ATHanusch Hospital · ATUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvaluating beneficial effects of potential protective therapies following cardiac arrest in rodent models could be enhanced by exploring behavior and cognitive functions. The Morris Water Maze is a well-known cognitive paradigm to test spatial learning and memory.

resultsBehavioral testing with the Morris Water Maze in Sprague-Dawley rats (300 ± 25 g) resuscitated after 8 min of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest was carried out 5 and 12 weeks after cardiac arrest (CA) and compared to results of naïve rats (CONTROL). At 5 weeks, within each group latency time to reach the hidden platform (reflecting spatial learning) decreased equally from day 1 to 4 (CA: 105.6 ± 8.2 vs. 8.9 ± 1.2 s, p < 0.001; CONTROL: 75.5 ± 13.2 vs. 17.1 ± 4.5, p < 0.001) with no differences between groups (p = 0.138). In the probe trial 24 h after the last trial, time spent in the target sector (reflecting memory recall) within each group was significantly longer (CA: 25 ± 1.3; CONTROL: 24.7 ± 2.5 s) than in each of the three other sectors (CA: 7.7 ± 0.7, 14.3 ± 2.5, 8.4 ± 0.8 and CONTROL: 7.8 ± 1.2, 11.7 ± 1.5, 10.3 ± 1.6 s) but with no significantly differences between groups. Seven days later (reflecting memory retention), control group animals remained significantly longer in the target sector compared to every other sector, whereas the cardiac arrest group animals did not. Even 12 weeks after cardiac arrest, the single p values showed that the control animals displayed a trend to perform better than the resuscitated animals.

conclusionsMemory recall was impaired early after 8 min of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest and might be a more valuable tool for cognitive testing than learning recall after global ischemia due to cardiac arrest.

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Memory, Long-TermVentricular FibrillationAnimalsCardiopulmonary ResuscitationHeart ArrestMaleMaze LearningPilot ProjectsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBehavioral testingCardiac arrestCardiopulmonary resuscitationInducedMorris Water MazeRats

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