Acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors improve spatial learning impaired by fimbria-fornix lesion in rat

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作者
Amino, H [1 ]
Saito, H [1 ]
Nishiyama, N [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO, FAC PHARMACEUT SCI, DEPT CHEM PHARMACOL, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
来源
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 1996年 / 72卷 / 04期
关键词
septo-hippocampal cholinergic pathway; nerve growth factor (NGF); Y-maze test; water maze test; learning deficit;
D O I
10.2183/pjab.72.67
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Effects of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors (a- and bFGFs, respectively) on spatial learning performance of fimbria-fornix (FF)-lesioned rats were investigated in Y-maze and water maze tests. Transection of FF produced severe spatial memory deficits revealed by both tests. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of aFGF (100-400 ng/rat) and bFGF (100-400 ng/rat) 30 min before the daily session significantly improved the spatial learning impairments induced by FF-lesion in both types of spatial learning tasks. In contrast, i.c.v. injection of nerve growth factor (NGF, 100-400 ng/rat) did not ameliorate the spatial learning performance in FF-lesioned rats. This is the first report providing direct evidence that both aFCF and bFGF improve the spatial learning impaired by loss of septo-hippocampal cholinergic afferents.
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