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Effects of calorie and protein deficiencies early in life on the subsequent learning ability of rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2007

Angela Baird ,
Elsie M. Widdowson  and
J. J Cowley
Angela Baird
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Infant Nutrition Research Division, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council
Elsie M. Widdowson
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Infant Nutrition Research Division, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council
J. J Cowley
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, Infant Nutrition Research Division, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council
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Abstract

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1. The effect of malnutrition early in life on the subsequent learning ability of male rats was studied when they were malnourished and after they had been rehabilitated. The HebbWilliams Test of animal intelligence was used.

2. Animals were malnourished from weaning, from birth, or from conception.

3. The rats used for tests were fed on a (1) low-protein, (2) low-calorie, or (3) stock diet.

4. The mean number of errors made by all groups of malnourished animals, tested when they were 13 weeks old, was always greater than that made by the corresponding controls. The same was true after rehabilitation for 5 weeks.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , May 1971 , pp. 391 - 403
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1971

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