The role of nociceptin in cognition

Toshitaka Nabeshima, Yukihiro Noda, Takayoshi Mamiya

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

27 被引用数 (Scopus)

抄録

The physiological role of the modulation via the nociceptin receptor is still unclear. Here we report the role of the nociceptin system in learning and memory. Nociceptin-knockout mice possess greater learning ability in the water maze task, show an enhanced latent learning in the water finding task, have better memory in the passive avoidance task, and further, show larger long-term potentiation in the hippocampal CA1 region than wild-type mice. Nociceptin itself induces an impairment of the passive avoidance task in wild-type mice. This impairment is reversed by naloxone benzoylhydrazone (NalBzoH), but not by other opioids in wild-type mice. Further, experiments on cultured cells transfected with nociceptin receptor cDNA show that NalBzoH competes [3H]-nociceptin binding and attenuates the nociceptin-induced inhibition of cAMP accumulation induced by forskolin. These results demonstrate that the nociceptin system seems to play a negative role in learning and memory and that NalBzoH acts as a potent antagonist for the nociceptin receptor. In addition, the antagonists for the nociceptin receptor may be worth testing for alleviating memory disorders. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)167-173
ページ数7
ジャーナルBrain Research
848
1-2
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 27-11-1999
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 神経科学一般
  • 分子生物学
  • 臨床神経学
  • 発生生物学

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