CAN AVERSIVE PROPERTIES OF (PERIPHERALLY-INJECTED) VASOPRESSIN ACCOUNT FOR ITS PUTATIVE ROLE IN MEMORY
CAN AVERSIVE PROPERTIES OF (PERIPHERALLY-INJECTED) VASOPRESSIN ACCOUNT FOR ITS PUTATIVE ROLE IN MEMORY
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DOI:
10.1016/0166-4328(83)90024-4
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
BLOOM, FE
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作者:
ETTENBERG, A;VANDERKOOY, D;BLOOM, FE
Rats injected with arginine vasopressin (AVP) immediately after exposure to a novel open-field environment found a water tube faster than saline injected rats, when water-deprived 48 h later. This effect did not result from a conditioned or pharmacologically-induced hyperactivity in the experimental group. Although these results are consistent with a role for AVP in memory mehcanisms, LiCl, a known illness-producing agent, produced a reduction in latency to find the water tube identical to that of AVP. AVP acted as an effective unconditioned stimulus in conditioned taste and place aversion studies. AVP also produced a dose-dependent disruption of spontaneous locomotor activity. Apparently, peripheral AVP administration has aversive consequences. Desglycinamide arginine vasopressin (an AVP analog with weak pressor-agonist properties) produced no observable aversive effects and did not improve test performance in the appetitive water-finding task. The apparent memory-enhancing properties of peripherally administered AVP, at least in appetitive test paradigms, may depend on its aversive and consequently arousing actions.