Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of food consistency to adult rats. Twenty male Wistar rats aged 14 weeks were used for this study and they divided into tw groups: one group (10 rats) was fed solid food (CE-2 Clea Japan Inc.) and the other group (10 rats) was fed powder food made with the some composition. The following experiments were performed at the age of 26 weeks.
1. Spatial learing and memory experiment using water maze task.
2. Spatial learning and memory experiment using a radial maze task.
No significant difference (p<0.05) was observed between the solid food group and the powder food group.These results suggested that the effect of food consistency on learning and memory ability in adult rats is minimal.
