MEMORY RETRIEVAL ENHANCEMENT BY LOCUS-COERULEUS STIMULATION - EVIDENCE FOR MEDIATION BY BETA-RECEPTORS

被引:121
作者
DEVAUGES, V [1 ]
SARA, SJ [1 ]
机构
[1] CNRS,DEPT PSYCHOPHYSIOL,PHYSIOL NERVEUSE LAB,F-91190 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
关键词
LOCUS COERULEUS; NORADRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL; MEMORY-BETA-RECEPTOR; FORGETTING;
D O I
10.1016/S0166-4328(05)80056-7
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Rats were trained in a complex food-motivated maze task, then implanted with indwelling stimulating electrodes in the noradrenergic nucleus locus coeruleus (LC). When tested 4 weeks later, they showed significant forgetting. Electrical stimulation of the LC alleviated forgetting in that stimulated rats made no more errors during the test than they did on the last learning trial. Systemic treatment with the beta noradrenergic antagonist propranolol blocked the effect of stimulation, suggesting that the memory facilitation is mediated through a beta-receptor.
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页数:5
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