Effect of OM-853, a cerebral metabolic ameliorator, on ambulatory activity and passive and active avoidance responses in mice and Mongolian gerbils.
Behavioral effects of OM-853 were investigated in both mice and Mongolian gerbils. In mice, OM-853 alone produced no marked change in the ambulatory activity, although it tended to lower it at 100 mg/kg, and this drug (5-100 mg/kg, p.o.) reduced the ambulation-increasing effect of scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.) in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, OM-853 (50 and 100 mg/kg, p.o.) prolonged the latency times shortened by scopolamine under the passive avoidance. On the other hand, in the discrete avoidance situation, OM-853 facilitated the acquisition of shuttle avoidance at 10 and 25 mg/kg, p.o. and lever-press avoidance at 25 and 50 mg/kg, p.o. in the pre-training administration schedule, and the former at 25-100 mg/kg, p.o. and the latter at 10 and 25 mg/kg, p.o. in the post-training administration schedule. In gerbils, OM-853 (50 mg/kg, i.p.) ameliorated the learning deficit of the lever-press avoidance response induced by forebrain ischemia. The present results suggest that OM-853 has beneficial actions on some types of learning and memory in normal, scopolamine-treated and ischemic animals. The possible mechanisms involved are discussed.
Saito
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Division for Behavior Analysis, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
Shuto
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Kuribara
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Tadokoro
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D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000187:drug effects; D005849:Gerbillinae; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014748:Vinca Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014748:Vinca Alkaloids; C038627:vinconate; D012601:Scopolamine