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Caffeine prevents cognitive impairment induced by chronic psychosocial stress and/or high fat-high carbohydrate diet.

Behavioural brain research
January 15, 2013
K H Alzoubi et al. (6 authors)
Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tAnimal Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to determine whether chronic caffeine administration could prevent learning and memory impairments induced by chronic stress and/or a high-fat, high-carbohydrate Western diet in rats.

Results Summary

The study found that chronic caffeine administration prevented learning and memory impairments caused by chronic stress and/or a Western diet, normalizing cognitive function in affected rats.

Population

Adult male Wistar rats

Effective Dosage

0.3 g/L in drinking water

Duration

3 months

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (7)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
caffeine treatment
decrease
cognitive impairment
rats
-
alleviates
#1
chronic psychosocial stress
decrease
learning
adult male Wistar rats
-
caused impaired
#2
high fat-high carbohydrate Western diet (WD)
decrease
learning
adult male Wistar rats
-
caused impaired
#3
chronic caffeine administration
no change
impaired learning
adult male Wistar rats
-
prevented
#4
chronic caffeine administration
no change
memory impairment
adult male Wistar rats
-
prevented
#5
chronic caffeine administration
no change
memory impairment
adult male Wistar rats
-
normalizes
#6
chronic caffeine administration
no change
stress and/or WD-induced impairment of spatial learning and memory
adult male Wistar rats
-
prevented
#7
Abstract

Caffeine alleviates cognitive impairment associated with a variety of health conditions. In this study, we examined the effect of caffeine treatment on chronic stress- and/or high fat-high carbohydrate Western diet (WD)-induced impairment of learning and memory in rats. Chronic psychosocial stress, WD and caffeine (0.3 g/L in drinking water) were simultaneously administered for 3 months to adult male Wistar rats. At the conclusion of the 3 months, and while the previous treatments continued, rats were tested in the radial arm water maze (RAWM) for learning, short-term and long-term memory. This procedure was applied on a daily basis to all animals for 5 consecutive days or until the animal reaches days to criterion (DTC) in the 12th learning trial and memory tests. DTC is the number of days that the animal takes to make zero error in two consecutive days. Chronic stress and/or WD groups caused impaired learning, which was prevented by chronic caffeine administration. In the memory tests, chronic caffeine administration also prevented memory impairment during chronic stress conditions and/or WD. Furthermore, DTC value for caffeine treated stress, WD, and stress/WD groups indicated that caffeine normalizes memory impairment in these groups. These results showed that chronic caffeine administration prevented stress and/or WD-induced impairment of spatial learning and memory.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Analysis of VarianceAnimalsBody WeightCaffeineCentral Nervous System StimulantsCognition DisordersDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalMaleMaze LearningMemoryRatsRats, WistarStress, PsychologicalTime Factors
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy75/10
Quality80/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations43
Citations/Year3.6
Relative Citation Ratio1.77
NIH Percentile70.6%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.25
Weight Score1.21
Normalized Score0.66
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