1. 5-HT receptor activation: procognitive and antiamnesic effects.
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Meneses, A., Perez-Garcia, G., Liy-Salmeron, G., Ponce-López, T., Lacivita, E., and Leopoldo, M.
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AMNESIA , *MEMORY disorders , *AUTOSHAPING (Psychology) , *BRAIN anatomy , *SEROTONIN receptors , *ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay , *LONG-term memory , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Rationale: The serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)) 5-HT receptor is localized in brain areas mediating memory; however, the role of this receptor on memory remains little explored. Objective: First, demonstrating the associative nature of Pavlovian/instrumental autoshaping (P/I-A) task, rats were exposed (three sessions) to CS-US (Pavlovian autoshaping), truly random control, free operant, and presentations of US or CS, and they were compared with rats trained-tested for one session to the P/I-A procedure. Also, effects of the 5-HT receptor agonist LP-211 administered intraperitoneally after training was determined on short- (1.5 h) and long-term memory 24 and 48 h) and on scopolamine-induced memory impairment and cAMP production. Methods: Autoshaping and its behavioral controls were studied. Other animals were subjected to an autoshaping training session and immediately afterwards were given (intraperitoneal) vehicle or LP-211 (0.1-10 mg/kg) and/or scopolamine (0.2 mg/kg) and tested for short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM); their brains were extracted for the cAMP ELISA immunoassay. Results: P/I-A group produced the higher %CR. LP-211 did not affect STM; nonetheless, at 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg, it improved LTM. The 5-HT receptor antagonist SB-269970 (SB; 10.0 mg/kg) alone had no effect; nevertheless, the LP-211 (1.0 mg/kg) LTM facilitation was reversed by SB. The scopolamine (0.2 mg/kg) induced-decrement in CR was accompanied by significant increased cAMP production. The scopolamine-induced decrement in CR and increments in cAMP were significantly attenuated by LP-211. Conclusions: Autoshaping is a reliable associative learning task whose consolidation is facilitated by the 5-HT receptor agonist LP-211. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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