Melika Farhadi , Mohammad Reza Afarinesh , Vahid Sheibani , Mansoureh Sabzalizadeh
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In addition, a histological investigation was conducted to determine the degree of degeneration of hippocampal and somatosensory cortex neurons.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results demonstrated that rats with barrel cortex lesions revealed impairments in novel texture discrimination and MWM tests (P<0.001). Moreover, lesions increased neuronal degeneration in rats’ barrel cortex and hippocampus (P< 0.001). Environmental enrichment improved behavioral deficits and decreased neuronal degeneration in the barrel cortex and hippocampus of rats with barrel cortex lesions (P<0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The current study suggests that barrel cortex lesions create cognitive and behavioral deficits and neural degeneration in the barrel cortex and hippocampus; however, environmental enrichment could reverse these impairments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20201,"journal":{"name":"Physiology & Behavior","volume":"291 ","pages":"Article 114785"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Effects of enriched environment on barrel cortex and hippocampus function following somatosensory damage in rat\",\"authors\":\"Melika Farhadi , Mohammad Reza Afarinesh , Vahid Sheibani , Mansoureh Sabzalizadeh\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114785\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study investigated the effects of environmental enrichment (EE) on the behavior and histological alterations of rats with barrel cortex damage.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Forty-eight adult male rats were divided into Control (Ctrl), Lesion, Lesion+EE.S (Lesion+Standard Enriched Environment, and Lesion+EE.T (Lesion+Tactile Enriched Environment) groups. 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Effects of enriched environment on barrel cortex and hippocampus function following somatosensory damage in rat
Objectives
This study investigated the effects of environmental enrichment (EE) on the behavior and histological alterations of rats with barrel cortex damage.
Methods
Forty-eight adult male rats were divided into Control (Ctrl), Lesion, Lesion+EE.S (Lesion+Standard Enriched Environment, and Lesion+EE.T (Lesion+Tactile Enriched Environment) groups. The animals were first anesthetized, and then, a cold lesion model was performed on the parietal cortex. After surgery, the rats were exposed to a standard enriched environment or enriched environment with tactile for 30 days. Their cognitive behaviors were assessed using an open field, novel texture discrimination, and Morris water maze (MWM) tests. In addition, a histological investigation was conducted to determine the degree of degeneration of hippocampal and somatosensory cortex neurons.
Results
The results demonstrated that rats with barrel cortex lesions revealed impairments in novel texture discrimination and MWM tests (P<0.001). Moreover, lesions increased neuronal degeneration in rats’ barrel cortex and hippocampus (P< 0.001). Environmental enrichment improved behavioral deficits and decreased neuronal degeneration in the barrel cortex and hippocampus of rats with barrel cortex lesions (P<0.05).
Conclusion
The current study suggests that barrel cortex lesions create cognitive and behavioral deficits and neural degeneration in the barrel cortex and hippocampus; however, environmental enrichment could reverse these impairments.
期刊介绍:
Physiology & Behavior is aimed at the causal physiological mechanisms of behavior and its modulation by environmental factors. The journal invites original reports in the broad area of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, in which at least one variable is physiological and the primary emphasis and theoretical context are behavioral. The range of subjects includes behavioral neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology, learning and memory, ingestion, social behavior, and studies related to the mechanisms of psychopathology. Contemporary reviews and theoretical articles are welcomed and the Editors invite such proposals from interested authors.