Hippocampal and body temperature changes in rats during delayed matching-to-sample performance in a cold environment.
Hippocampal and body temperature changes in rats during delayed matching-to-sample performance in a cold environment.
S. Ahlers,John R. Thomas,D. L. Berkey
1991 · DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(91)90430-V
Physiology and Behavior · 24 Citations
TLDR
Results suggest that cold-induced impairment of working memory may be associated with subtle temperature changes in the brain, and that cold exposure attenuated the increase in temperature observed when animals performed the DMTS task.