Cholinergic denervation attenuates phencyclidine-induced c-fos responses in rat cortical neurons

Neuroscience
S SavageL Olson

Abstract

The cortical cholinergic innervation, which is important for memory and cognition, has been implicated in schizophrenia. To experimentally analyze such a possible role of the cholinergic system, we have used the dissociative drug phencyclidine (PCP), known to produce schizophrenia-like psychosis in humans, to model aspects of schizophrenia in rats. We previously showed that induced cortical cholinergic hypofunction leads to enhanced PCP-induced locomotor activity and attenuated social interaction. After PCP, rats lacking cortical cholinergic innervation also show impaired declarative memory. To directly study the role of the basalo-cortical cholinergic projections for PCP-induced neural activation in different cortical areas, we have now monitored the rapid (30 and 60 min) effects of low doses of PCP (2 and 3mg/kg) on neural activation as reflected by transcriptional activation of c-fos in cortical areas, using quantitative in situ hybridization. We find an almost pan-cortical neural induction of c-fos mRNA with doses of PCP low enough not to alter levels of either BDNF or Nogo receptor mRNA levels. Specific unilateral lesioning of the uncrossed cholinergic projections to the cortical mantle by 192-IgG-saporin immunotoxin deliv...Continue Reading

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