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Effects of NBM lesions with two neurotoxins on spatial memory and autoshaping.
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Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior [Pharmacol Biochem Behav] 1993 Apr; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 877-89. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- Four groups of Wistar rats received either vehicle, quisqualate, or one of two different ibotenic acid infusions into the basal forebrain. Following recovery from surgery, all rats were tested in three distinct behavioral paradigms: the Bättig radial arm maze, the Barnes circular platform, and autoshaping in an operant chamber. The results showed that the size and site of the ibotenic acid lesion had a profound effect on acquisition performance in some, but not all, procedures. Performance in the Bättig maze and acquisition of a food-rewarded lever press were in particular disrupted by ibotenic acid lesions. The severity of the reduction in cortical choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) did not correlate with performance in the tests. Quisqualate produced the largest reduction in ChAT levels but had no significant effect on performance in any of the three procedures used. Anatomic analysis revealed severe nonspecific damage to the striatum following ibotenic acid that was more pronounced in the group receiving a highly concentrated solution of ibotenic acid as compared to rats infused with a greater volume but less concentrated solution of the neurotoxin. Striatal damage was much less severe following quisqualic acid infusions. However, both types of neurotoxins produced equivalent nonspecific degeneration of the reticular thalamic nucleus. These data confirm reports that nonspecific damage appears to define the severity of ibotenic acid lesions on subsequent behavioral performance.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Autoradiography
Basal Ganglia metabolism
Benzazepines pharmacology
Cerebral Cortex drug effects
Cerebral Cortex metabolism
Choline O-Acetyltransferase metabolism
Conditioning, Operant drug effects
Hemicholinium 3 metabolism
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Motor Activity drug effects
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Reinforcement Schedule
Stereotaxic Techniques
Basal Ganglia drug effects
Ibotenic Acid toxicity
Memory drug effects
Quisqualic Acid toxicity
Space Perception drug effects
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0091-3057
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8469697
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(93)90020-t