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INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 192-196Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.56072
Keywords
Acquisition; consolidation; passive avoidance; recall; scopolamine
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India
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Objectives: The study was planned to determine cholinergic influence on different stages of memory-acquisition, consolidation and recall in scopolamine-induced amnesia (memory impairment) in mice. Materials and Methods: To study acquision, consolidation and recall stages of memory, we administered scopolamine (0.75, 1.5 and 3 mg/kg ip) 30 minutes and five minutes prior to first trial acquisition and consolidation and 30 minutes prior to second trial recall of passive avoidance (PA) test, respectively, in separate groups. Tacrine (5 mg/kg po) and rivastigmine (5 mg/kg po) were administered one hour prior to first trial in separate groups which received scopolamine (3 mg/kg ip) 30 minutes and five minutes prior to first trial where as the control group received vehicle only. Results: In the control group, there was a significant (P < 0.01) increase in transfer latency time (TLT) in the second trial compared to first indicating successful learning. In scopolamine treated groups, administering scopolamine 30 minutes or five minutes prior to first trial did not show any significant (P > 0.05) change in TLT whereas mice treated with scopolamine 30 minutes prior to second trial showed significant (P < 0.01) increase in TLT in second trial as compared to the first. Both tacrine and rivastigmine administration in scopolamine treated mice showed significant (P < 0.05-0.01) increase in TLT in second trial as compared to first trial while the rivastigmine treated group showed greater percentage retention compared to tacrine treated group. Conclusion: Results show that acquisition and consolidation are more susceptible to the scopolamine effects than recall. Thus, it may be concluded that cholinergic influence is more on acquisition and consolidation as compared to recall.
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