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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 356, Issue 3, Pages 195-198Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.11.050
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vasopressin V1a receptor; vasopressin V1b receptor; spatial memory; eight-arm radial maze; knockout mice; OPC-21268
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in this study, we examined the performance of vasopressin V1a receptor (V1aR) and vasopressin V1b receptor (V1bR) knockout (KO) mice compared to wild-type (WT) mice in an eight-ann radial maze. V1aR KO mice exhibited an impairment of spatial memory in comparison to WT mice. By contrast, we did not observe any significant differences between the V1bR KO mice and the WT mice in the eight-arm radial maze. Moreover, OPC-21268, a selective V1aR antagonist, impaired spatial memory in the eight-ann radial maze in WT mice characterized by an increased number of errors. These results suggest that the V1aR controls spatial memory in mice. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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