Memory deficits of aged male rats can be improved by pyrimidine nucleosides and n-acetyl-glutamine.

Abstract:

:The pyrimidine nucleosides uridine (URI) and cytidine (CYT), alone or associated with n-acetyl-glutamine (NAG), were injected acutely or subchronically to aged (26 months old) male rats of the Sprague-Dawley strain. Learning and memory abilities of the animals were studied with tests of avoidance behavior. The acquisition of active avoidance behavior was studied with the shuttle-box test. A step-through type of passive avoidance task was used to examine the retention of passive avoidance responses. The acquisition of the active avoidance behavior and the retention of the passive avoidance response were reduced in aged animals as compared with those of young animals. Neither the acute treatment of old rats with URI and CYT alone nor that associated with NAG exerted any effect on the behavioral tests. In contrast, the subchronic treatment with URI and CYT was followed by a facilitation of acquisition of active avoidance behavior in the shuttle box and of retention of passive avoidance responses in the dark box. A more potent effect on the acquisition of the shuttle-box behavior and on the retention of passive avoidance reaction was found in animals treated subchronically with the pyrimidine nucleosides associated with NAG. These effects may be related to the role of pyrimidines in the synthesis of ribonucleic acid, which is indispensable for learning and memory processes.

journal_name

Clin Neuropharmacol

authors

Drago F,D'Agata V,Valerio C,Spadaro F,Raffaele R,Nardo L,Grassi M,Freni V

doi

10.1097/00002826-199008000-00002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-08-01 00:00:00

pages

290-6

issue

4

eissn

0362-5664

issn

1537-162X

journal_volume

13

pub_type

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