Brain electrophysiology in Sprague-Dawley rats fed low copper diets
Electrical activity of the brain was assessed in 38 unanesthetized male rats fed a Cu deficient diet for c.100 days after weaning. Rats were supplemented with drinking solutions containing 0, 0.75, or 2 ..mu..g Cu/ml and 10 ..mu..g Zn/ml (as sulfate and acetate, respectively). Three weeks prior to recording, dural ball electrodes were placed bilaterally 1 mm anterior to the lambda and 4 mm lateral to the midline, with a midline reference 2 mm anterior to the bregma. Cu deficiency was verified by atomic absorption spectroscopy of plasma Cu (p < .0001). The electroencephalogram revealed dietary effects on both log power and arcsin percent-total power in each of four frequency bands (1-3, 4-7, 8-12, 13-18 Hz). Low dietary Cu resulted in less log power and percent-total power in the lowest frequencies, and log power evidenced lateralized effects in the higher frequencies. Rats fed the diet most deficient in Cu had lower left and higher right hemisphere power than did rats fed the more adequate Cu diets. Percent-total power was higher in the mid-range frequencies in both hemispheres for rats fed the Cu deficient diets, compared to rats supplemented with the largest amount of Cu. The findings confirm a previous experiment (unpublished) and suggest that dietary Cu influences the electrical activity of the brain in a select (i.e., frequency and location specific) rather than undifferentiated manner.
- Research Organization:
- Dept. of Agriculture, Grand Forks, ND
- OSTI ID:
- 5431103
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8604222-
- Journal Information:
- Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 45:3; Conference: 70. annual meeting of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, St. Louis, MO, USA, 13 Apr 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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