The endogenous cannabinoid receptor agonist anandamide impairs memory in rats
作者:
P. Mallet,
R. Beninger,
期刊:
Behavioural Pharmacology
(OVID Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 3
页码: 276-284
ISSN:0955-8810
年代: 1996
出版商: OVID
关键词: Anandamide — Cannabinoids — Conditional discrimination — Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol — Nonmatch-to-position — Operant conditioning — Reference memory — Working memory
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Anandamide was recently discovered to be an endogenous substance that acts as a partial agonist at cannabinoid receptors in the central nervous system. Because exogenous cannabinoids such as Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC), the principal psychoactive ingredient of marijuana, have been found to impair memory, we undertook the present study to examine the mnemonic effects of anandamide. Memory was assessed in rats well-trained in a two-component instrumental discrimination task with a conditional discrimination to test reference memory and a delayed nonmatch-to-position to test working memory. Since anandamide has a short metabolic half-life, we examined the mnemonic effects of anandamide (0.0–2.0 mg/kg) in rats pretreated with the protease inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (2.0 mg/kg), serving to increase the metabolic half-life of anandamide. Under these conditions, a dose-dependent impairment of the nonmatch-to-position, but not the conditional discrimination component, was found, closely resembling that observed following Δ9-THC (0.0–4.0 mg/kg). This is the first report that anandamide impairs memory; results suggest that endogenous cannabinoids may be involved in cognitive processes influencing memory.
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