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Diphenyl diselenide-supplemented diet and swimming exercise enhance novel object recognition memory in old rats

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The benefits of exercise and the element selenium on mental health and cognitive performance are well documented. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the intake of a diet supplemented with diphenyl diselenide [(PhSe)2] and the swimming exercise could enhance memory in old Wistar rats. Male Wistar rats (24 months) were fed daily with standard diet chow or standard chow supplemented with 1 ppm of (PhSe)2 during 4 weeks. Animals were submitted to swimming training with a workload (3 % of body weight, 20 min/day for 4 weeks). After 4 weeks, the object recognition test (ORT) and the object location test (OLT) were performed. The results of this study demonstrated that intake of a supplemented diet with (PhSe)2 and swimming exercise was effective in improving short-term and long-term memory as well as spatial learning, increasing the hippocampal levels of phosphorylated cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) in old rats. This study also provided evidence that (PhSe)2-supplemented diet facilitated memory of old rats by modulating cAMP levels and stimulating CREB phosphorylation, without altering the levels of Akt.

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The financial support by UFSM, CAPES, FAPERGS/CNPq (PRONEX), and research grant FAPERGS no. 10/0711-6 is gratefully acknowledged. G.Z. is a recipient of CNPq fellowship.

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    José L. Cechella, Marlon R. Leite, Alisson R. Rosario, Tuane B. Sampaio & Gilson Zeni

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Cechella, J.L., Leite, M.R., Rosario, A.R. et al. Diphenyl diselenide-supplemented diet and swimming exercise enhance novel object recognition memory in old rats. AGE 36, 9666 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-014-9666-8

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