Anseculin improves passive avoidance learning of aged mice.
Anseculin improves passive avoidance learning of aged mice.
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DOI:
10.1016/s1043-6618(02)00311-0
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发表时间:
2003-03
影响因子:
9.3
通讯作者:
J. Knauber;Walter E. Müller
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作者:
J. Knauber;Walter E. Müller
Anseculin is a new coumarine derivative with promising cognition improving properties. We investigated its possible effects on passive avoidance learning in young and aged mice and the possible relationship to its α1-antagonistic properties. A single dose of anseculin did not affect long-term memory of young and aged mice. Moreover, in young mice, subchronic treatment with anseculin had no effect on cognitive functions, whereas aged, cognitively impaired mice clearly showed improved long-term memory with no effects on short-term memory. Further biochemical studies of aged control mice showed in comparison to the young mice a significant decrease of central α1-adrenoceptors density, but unchanged α1-adrenoceptor-mediated IP hydrolysis. Subchronic treatment with anseculin had no effect on the density of central α1-adrenoceptors in young adult mice and only a small although not significant effect on the density of cognitively-impaired aged mice. Furthermore, anseculin has no effects on α1-adrenoceptor-mediated IP hydrolysis.