title: Antiamnestic effect of alpha7-nicotinic receptor agonist RJR-2403 in middle-aged ovariectomized rats with Alzheimer type dementia.
abstract: The effects of chronic combined treatment with alpha7-nicotinic cholinergic receptor agonist RJR-2403 (1.0 mg/kg intraperitoneally) or alpha7-nicotinic cholinergic receptor antagonist mecamylamine (1.0 mg/kg intraperitoneally) and 17beta-estradiol (0.5 microg per rat intramuscularly) for 10 days on passive avoidance retention were studied in middle-aged (15 months) ovariectomized rats with experimental Alzheimer type dementia. Chronic treatment with RJR-2403 and 17beta-estradiol had a pronounced antiamnestic effect under conditions of Alzheimer type dementia in middle-aged ovariectomized rats.
authors.affiliation: S. V. Anichkov Department of Neuropharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Sapronov
authors.forename: Yu O
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Fedotova
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000647:Amnesia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004958:Estradiol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D008464:Mecamylamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009538:Nicotine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D004958:Estradiol; C012419:metanicotine; D008464:Mecamylamine; D009538:Nicotine; D000109:Acetylcholine