Ineffectiveness of GM1 and ORG2766 on behavioural recovery after prefrontal cortical lesions in adult rats.
This study examines whether treatment with GM1 ganglioside or the corticotropin (ACTH)(4-9) analogue ORG2766 can facilitate the behavioural recovery of adult rats with medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) lesions, as animals are impaired in their food hoarding and spatial delayed alternation performance following mPFC lesions. No ameliorating effects of GM1 treatment on performance of these behaviours were observed. Although treatment with ORG2766 somewhat improved the hoarding performance of lesioned animals, the intermediate amount of pellets hoarded was not significantly different from that of either sham-operated or vehicle-treated lesioned rats. No effect of ORG2766 treatment was observed in the spatial delayed alternation test. Further, no changes were detected in the mesocortical dopamine innervation, presumed to be involved in the neural mechanism of behavioural sparing, in response to either treatment.
De Brabander
J M
JM
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam.
De Bruin
J P
JP
Van Eden
C G
CG
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013028:Space Perception / Q000187:drug effects
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside; C013765:Org 2766; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D004298:Dopamine