title: Intracerebroventricular somatostatin attenuates electroconvulsive shock-induced amnesia in rats.
abstract: In the present study the effect of intracerebroventricularly (ICV) administered somatostatin on electroconvulsive shock-(ECS) induced retrograde amnesia was investigated in rats. The ECS significantly decreased foot shock-induced avoidance latency. Somatostatin in a dose of 1 microgram/4 microliter (ICV) had no action on the ECS-induced retrograde amnesia, while in a dose of 4 micrograms/4 microliters it significantly increased the avoidance latency if the treatment was performed immediately, 4 hr, 20 hr or 23 hr after the ECS. The results suggest that ICV administered somatostatin has an antiamnesic effect.
mesh_terms: D000647:Amnesia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000648:Amnesia, Retrograde / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D004597:Electroshock; D006801:Humans; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin