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PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
卷 77, 期 2, 页码 191-197出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2003.09.023
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MK-801; memantine; glutamate; associative learning; mushroom bodies; long-term memory; proboscis conditioning
In contrast to vertebrates the involvement of glutamate and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NNMA) receptors in brain functions in insects is both poorly understood and somewhat controversial. Here, we have examined the behavioural effects of two noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists, memantine (low affinity) and MK-801 (high affinity), on learning and memory in honeybees (Apis mellifera) using the olfactory conditioning of the proboscis extension reflex (PER). We induced memory deficit by injecting harnessed individuals with a glutamate transporter inhibitor, L-trans-2,4-PDC (L-trans-2,4-pyrrolidine dicarboxylate), that impairs long-term (24 h), but not short-term (I h), memory in honeybees. We show that L-trans-2,4-PDC-induced amnesia is 'rescued' by memantine injected either before training, or before testing, suggesting that memantine restores memory recall rather than memory formation or storage. When injected alone memantine has a mild facilitating effect on memory. The effects of MK-801 are similar to those of L-trans-2,4-PDC. Both pretraining and pretesting injections lead to an impairment of long-term (24 h) memory, but have no effect on short-term (I h) memory of an olfactory task. The implications of our results for memory processes in the honeybee are discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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