Effects of propentofylline, a NGF synthesis stimulator, on alterations in muscarinic cholinergic receptors induced by basal forebrain lesion in rats

Kazuyuki Fuji, Masayuki Hiramatsu, Saori Hayashi, Tsutomu Kameyama, Toshitaka Nabeshima

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Abstract

Basal forebrain (BF) lesions induced by ibotenic acid produced increases in the Bmax and Kd values of [3H]QNB binding sites in the frontal cortex, parietal cortex, and hippocampus. Twenty-eight-day successive administration of propentofylline (10 and 25 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly reduced the Kd values of [3H]QNB binding sites, to the levels of those in a sham group, in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, propentofylline (25 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly reduced the Bmax value of [3H]QNB binding sites compared with that in a vehicle-treated BF-lesioned group. These results suggest that successive administration of propentofylline ameliorates changes in muscarinic cholinergic receptors through improving presynaptic cholinergic dysfunction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-102
Number of pages4
JournalNeuroscience Letters
Volume150
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 05-02-1993
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Neuroscience

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