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Paper   IPM / Cognitive Sciences / 12166
School of Cognitive Sciences
  Title:   Cross state-dependency of learning between WIN55, 212-2 and scopolamine in rat dorsal hippocampus
  Author(s): 
1.  Nida Jamali-Raeufy
2.  Mohammad Nasehi
3.  Mohaddeseh Ebrahimi-ghiri
4.  Mohammad Reza zarrindast
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Neuroscience Letters
  Vol.:  491
  Year:  2011
  Pages:   227-231
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
In the current study, cross state-dependent learning between the cannabinoid CB1/CB2 receptor agonist WIN55, 212-2 (WIN) and muscarinic receptor antagonist scopolamine (SCO) in a step-through inhibitory avoidance task was investigated. All drugs were injected bilaterally into the dorsal hippocampus (intra-CA1) of rats. Data indicated that the immediate post-training administration of WIN (0.25 and 0.5ug/rat) and SCO (2 and 4 ug/rat) decreased memory consolidation and induced amnesia. Moreover, the amnesia induced by the post-training injections of WIN (0.5ug/rat) or SCO (2ug/rat) was restored by either pre-test injections of WIN (0.25 and 0.5ug/rat) or SCO (2 and 4ug/rat). Furthermore, pre-test co-administration of ineffective doses of WIN (0.1ug/rat) with SCO (1ug/rat) restored amnesia induced by the post-training injections of WIN (0.5ug/rat) or SCO (2ug/rat). In conclusion, the data strongly revealed a cross statedependent learning between WIN and SCO in the rat dorsal hippocampus.

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