title: Age-determined changes in the effects of a newly synthetized cholinesterase inhibitor on exploratory behavior, memory and striatal cholinesterase activity in rats.
abstract: The newly synthetized cholinesterase inhibitor C-8 (a structural analogue of physostigmine) at a dose of 4 mg.kg-1 exerted no inhibitory effect on the spontaneous locomotor activity in 2-, 10- and 22-month old male Wistar rats. Upon open field test, C-8 facilitated the process of habituation in the rats of all three groups. In a passive avoidance situation (step-down and step-through) C-8 had a favorable effect on the memory of 22-month old rats mainly. C-8 inhibited the cholinesterase activity in the striatum of 2-month old rats by 29%, in 10-month old rats by 73%, and in 22-month old rats by 30%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, CNR, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castellano
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Petkov
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kehayov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Panusheva
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D002802:Cholinesterases