title: Effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on scopolamine-induced amnesia in the rat.
abstract: The effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on spatial cognitive deficits induced in the rat by injections of scopolamine were examined in a radial arm maze. A single intraperitoneal (i.p.), subcutaneous (s.c.) or intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of VIP inhibited the reduction in the number of initial correct responses in rats with scopolamine-induced amnesia. The inhibition was associated with a bell-shaped dose-response curve. Thus, VIP appears to have an ameliorating effect on spatial cognitive deficits induced by scopolamine in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory, Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000647:Amnesia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000523:psychology; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000187:drug effects; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D012601:Scopolamine