The Effect of Salmon Fish’s Oil on Avoidance Learning in Mature Male Rats

• Main Authors: Seyed Ebrahim Hosseini, Mozhde Heidari
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Fasa University of Medical Sciences 2013-09-01
• Series: Journal of Fasa University of Medical Sciences
• Subjects: Salmon oil; Omega-3 fatty acids; Rat.
• Online Access: http://journal.fums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-72-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1

 Background & Objective: There is plenty of fatty acids of omega-3 in Salmon Fish that affect brain development and function, therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of Salmon fish’s oil on learning avoidance in mature male rats.   Materials & Methods: In this empirical study, we used 40 mature male rats that were enrolled into control, sham and experimental groups. The control group was not treated. The sham group received only 1 ml saline daily, 3 experimental groups of different types received 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 ml/kg body weight respectively, for 28 days. For the evaluation of avoidance learning behavior, the shuttle box was used. The data was evaluated using ANOVA.    Results: The results suggest that consumption of salmon oil significantly increases in minimum and maximum doses (P<0.01) and average doses (P<0.001) the process of avoidance learning.   Conclusion: Salmon oil can lead to increased learning. Therefore, further investigation can be used to treat learning disorders and memory .