[The behavioral characteristics of rats induced by partial degeneration of the hippocampal cholinergic neurons]

Zh Vyssh Nerv Deiat Im I P Pavlova. 1998 Jan-Feb;48(1):130-4.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The effects of intraventricular administration of ethylcholine aziridinium ion (AF64A) were studied in male Wistar rats. Bilateral injections of AF64A (3 nm/3 mcl) reduced the reactions to biological alarm signal and produced a decrease in the open-field activity 3 weeks after this lesion. The lesioned rats also displayed deficit in retention of a passive avoidance task.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aziridines / pharmacology
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects
  • Behavior, Animal / physiology*
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives
  • Choline / pharmacology
  • Conditioning, Classical / drug effects
  • Conditioning, Classical / physiology
  • Escape Reaction / drug effects
  • Escape Reaction / physiology
  • Extinction, Psychological / physiology
  • Hippocampus / drug effects
  • Hippocampus / physiology*
  • Male
  • Nerve Degeneration / chemically induced
  • Nerve Degeneration / physiopathology*
  • Neurons / drug effects
  • Neurons / pathology
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / drug effects
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / physiology*

Substances

  • Aziridines
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • ethylcholine aziridinium
  • Choline