Ukai M, Kobayashi T, Kameyama T
Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan.
Brain Res. 1993 Oct 22;625(2):355-6. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91082-4.
The effects of dynorphin A-(1-13), an endogenous kappa opioid agonist, on basal forebrain (BF)-lesion-induced amnesia in rats were investigated using step-through-type passive avoidance task. The BF was lesioned by injecting the cholinergic neurotoxin ibotenic acid (6 micrograms/side). The number of rats achieving the cut-off time (600 s) of step-through latency (STL) in BF-lesioned group significantly decreased as compared with that in sham-operated group. Dynorphin A-(1-13) (0.3 micrograms) significantly increased the number of rats achieving the cut-off time of STL in BF-lesioned rats. These results suggest that dynorphins play an improving role in the impairment of memory processes in BF-lesioned rats.
采用穿梭式被动回避任务,研究内源性κ阿片受体激动剂强啡肽A-(1-13)对大鼠基底前脑(BF)损伤所致失忆的影响。通过注射胆碱能神经毒素鹅膏蕈氨酸(6微克/侧)损伤BF。与假手术组相比,BF损伤组达到穿梭潜伏期(STL)截止时间(600秒)的大鼠数量显著减少。强啡肽A-(1-13)(0.3微克)显著增加了BF损伤大鼠中达到STL截止时间的大鼠数量。这些结果表明,强啡肽对BF损伤大鼠的记忆过程损伤具有改善作用。