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Enhancement of place and object recognition memory in young adult and old rats by RS 67333, a partial agonist of 5-HT4 receptors.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11684148     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
There is recent evidence that activation of central 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)4 receptors enhances cognitive processes such as learning and memory. In the present study, we assessed the effects of a selective 5-HT4 receptors agonist, RS 67333 [1(4-amino-5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-3-(1-n-butyl-4-piperidinyl)-1-propanone], in a two-trial recognition task designed to test place or object recognition memory.RS 67333 was injected in young adult (0.0001, 0.01, 1 mg/kg, i.p.) and old (0.0001, 0.01, 1, 10 mg/kg, i.p.) rats before the acquisition phase, immediately after it, or before the retrieval phase, to determine the stage of information processing affected by the compound. When injected before the acquisition phase, RS 67333 (1 mg/kg) enhanced place and object recognition in young adult rats. In old rats, RS 67333 (10 mg/kg) improved place recognition when injected before the acquisition phase, and object recognition when injected before the acquisition or in the consolidation phase of information processing. The beneficial effects of RS 67333 were abolished by prior treatment with a selective 5-HT4 receptors antagonist, GR 125487 [(1-[2-[methyl sulphonyl)-amino]ethyl]-4-piperidinyl-methyl 5-fluoro-2-methoxy-1H-indole-3-carboxylate); 10 mg/kg, i.p.]. These results support the view that selective 5-HT4 receptors agonists may be of value in the treatment of cognitive disorders related to normal aging or neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
Authors:
L Lamirault; H Simon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuropharmacology     Volume:  41     ISSN:  0028-3908     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuropharmacology     Publication Date:  2001 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-10-30     Completed Date:  2002-01-14     Revised Date:  2009-11-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0236217     Medline TA:  Neuropharmacology     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  844-53     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Neuropsychobiologie des Désadaptations, CNRS UMR 5541, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, BP 31, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Cedex, Bordeaux, France. laetitia.lamirault@lnpb.u-bordeaux2.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aging / physiology*,  psychology
Aniline Compounds / pharmacology*
Animals
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Indoles / pharmacology
Injections, Intraperitoneal
Male
Memory / drug effects*,  physiology
Piperidines / pharmacology*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Serotonin / metabolism,  physiology*
Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4
Recognition (Psychology) / drug effects,  physiology
Serotonin Agonists / pharmacology*
Serotonin Antagonists / pharmacology
Sulfonamides / pharmacology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Aniline Compounds; 0/Indoles; 0/Piperidines; 0/Receptors, Serotonin; 0/Serotonin Agonists; 0/Serotonin Antagonists; 0/Sulfonamides; 144625-51-4/GR 113808; 158165-40-3/Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4; 160845-95-4/RS 67333

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