{"id":3347,"date":"2011-12-08T11:09:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T00:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2011-12-08T11:09:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T00:09:27","slug":"hormone-injections-improve-the-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/science\/news\/hormone-injections-improve-the-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hormone injections improve the memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 575px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/brain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3348 \" title=\"Brain\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/brain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/brain.jpg 575w, https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/brain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/brain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/brain-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researcher have found a way to improve the memory. Image: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Treatment with IGF-II could significantly improve memory.<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rats learn quicker and remember the new knowledge longer if the a protein called insulin-like growth factor (IGF-II) is injected into their brains after they discover how to avoid a shock to their feet. After observing that IGF-II levels were naturally boosted by learning, Cristina Alberini, professor of Neuroscience, and colleagues from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mssm.edu\/\">Mount Sinai School of Medicine <\/a>in New York, US, have tested the proteine&#8217;s effect on rats&#8217; memories by inhibiting the creation of IGF-II. The genetically engineered rats were unable to learn how to avoid being shocked. In another experiment, Alberini injected a dose of the protein into the hippocampus of rats&#8217; brains. If injected within 24 hours of the foot shock, the elevated level of the proteine helped the rats remember the new information. The experiments show that IGF-II injections in the brain strengthen the memory. Alberini thinks that, in the future, IGF-II can be used as a treatment for such cognitive impairments as dementia, Alzheimer&#8217;s or amnesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treatment with IGF-II could significantly improve memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,88,48,47,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-genetics","category-health","category-innovation","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3349,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3347\/revisions\/3349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}