Memory disruption in rats with nigral lesions induced by MPTP: a model for early Parkinson's disease amnesia
Memory disruption in rats with nigral lesions induced by MPTP: a model for early Parkinson's disease amnesia
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DOI：
10.1016/s0166-4328(01)00211-x
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发表时间：
2001-09-28
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Canteras, NS
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作者：
Da Cunha, C;Gevaerd, MS;Canteras, NS
Intra-nigral administration of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrindine (MPTP) caused a lesion in the substantia nigra, compact part (SNc) and a specific loss of dopamine and its metabolites in the striatum of rats, The animals were then tested in the two-way active avoidance task. MPTP-treated animals presented lower learning scores in the training and test sessions, an effect that was not caused by motor impairment or by a decreased sensitivity to footshock since their reaction time to the footshock (unconditioned stimulus - UCS) was not reduced. These lower scores were also not attributable to lower acoustic sensitivity or to a slowing in the association of the sound cue (conditioned stimulus - CS) with the UCS since the reaction time to the CS in the active avoidance response did not differ between MPTP-treated and control groups, Therefore, these results are more properly attributable to an impairment of the memory acquisition and retention processes, In addition, this study is presented as a model of early Parkinson's Disease amnesia and is discussed in terms of the importance of the nigrostriatal pathway to memory acquisition and storage processes, (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
