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Differential effects of Ketaset/Rompun anesthesia on hypothermia-induced retrograde amnesia and its recovery.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8564378     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A nonbarbiturate anesthetic consisting of ketamine HCl (Ketaset) and xlyazine (Rompun) was administered to assess the effects of anesthesia on hypothermia-induced retrograde amnesia in Long Evans hooded and Sprague-Dawley albino rats. Results from Experiment 1a indicate that this anesthetic does not attenuate retrograde amnesia, and the findings from Experiment 1b suggest that awakening from Ketaset/Rompun anesthesia at normal body temperature (following administration of deep body cooling) does not attenuate the resulting hypothermia-induced retrograde amnesia. Experiment 2 demonstrated that various delays between training and hypothermia resulted in a temporal gradient that was the same for animals cooled while either conscious or under anesthesia. The results of Experiment 3 showed that rats made amnesic while under anesthesia did not recover the target memory if given a recooling treatment, but rats that were made amnesic while conscious did recover the memory with the same reminder treatment. These findings indicate that the conscious processing of stimuli associated with hypothermia treatment is not necessary in inducing hypothermia-induced retrograde amnesia, but that conscious processing is an important factor if the amnesia is to be recovered with a recooling treatment.
Authors:
M M Metzger; D C Riccio
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurobiology of learning and memory     Volume:  64     ISSN:  1074-7427     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurobiol Learn Mem     Publication Date:  1995 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-03-05     Completed Date:  1996-03-05     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9508166     Medline TA:  Neurobiol Learn Mem     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  245-56     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, OH 44242, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anesthetics, Dissociative / pharmacology*
Animals
Association Learning / drug effects
Body Temperature Regulation / drug effects
Conditioning, Classical / drug effects
Fear / drug effects
Hypothermia, Induced*
Ketamine / pharmacology*
Male
Mental Recall / drug effects*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Species Specificity
Xylazine / pharmacology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
37535//PHS HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anesthetics, Dissociative; 6740-88-1/Ketamine; 7361-61-7/Xylazine

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