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Paper   IPM / Cognitive Sciences / 8965
School of Cognitive Sciences
  Title:   Ethanol state-dependent memory: Involvement of dorsal hippocampal muscarinic and nicotinic receptors
  Author(s): 
1.  Ameneh Rezayof
2.  Sakineh Alijanpour
3.  Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast
4.  Yassaman Rassouli
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  Vol.:  89
  Year:  2008
  Pages:   441-447
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
In the present study, the effects of bilateral injections of cholinergic agents into the hippocampal CA1 regions (intra-CA1) on ethanol state-dependent memory were examined in mice. A single-trial step-down passive avoidance task was used for the assessment of memory retention in adult male NMRI mice. Pre-training intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) of ethanol (0.25, 0.5 and 1 g/kg) dose dependently induced impairment of memory retention. Pre-test administration of ethanol (0.5 and 1 g/kg, i.p.) induced state-dependent retrieval of the memory acquired under pre-training ethanol (1 g/kg, i.p.) influence. Pre-test intra-CA1 injection of physostigmine (2.5 and 5 lg/mouse, intra-CA1) or nicotine (0.3 and 0.5 lg/mouse, intra-CA1) improved pre-training ethanol (1 g/kg)-induced retrieval impairment. Moreover, pre-test administration of physostigmine (2.5 and 5 lg/mouse, intra- CA1) or nicotine (0.3 and 0.5 lg/mouse, intra- CA1) with an ineffective dose of ethanol (0.25 g/kg) significantly restored the retrieval and induced ethanol statedependent memory. Pre-test intra-CA1 injection of the muscarinic receptor antagonist, atropine (4 and 8 lg/mouse, intra-CA1) or the nicotinic receptor antagonist, mecamylamine (2 and 4 lg/mouse, intra-CA1) 5 min before the administration of ethanol (1 g/kg, i.p.) dose dependently inhibited ethanol statedependent memory. Pre-test intra-CA1 administration of physostigmine (0.5, 2.5 and 5 lg/mouse), atropine (2, 4 and 8 lg/mouse), nicotine (0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 lg/mouse) or mecamylamine (1, 2 and 4 lg/mouse) alone cannot affect memory retention. These findings implicate the involvement of a dorsal hippocampal cholinergic mechanism in ethanol state-dependent memory and also it can be concluded that there may be a cross-state dependency between ethanol and acetylcholine.

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