PMID: 11907173Mar 22, 2002Paper

Effects of acute and subchronic administration of dexefaroxan, an alpha(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist, on memory performance in young adult and aged rodents

The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
P ChopinMarc Marien

Abstract

The present study examined the influence of dexefaroxan, a potent and selective alpha(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist, on cognitive performance in rodents. In young adult rats, dexefaroxan reversed the deficits induced by UK 14304 [5-bromo-N-(4,5-dihydro-1-H-imidazol-2-yl)-6-quinoxalinamine], scopolamine, and diazepam in a passive avoidance task. In this test, dexefaroxan also attenuated the spontaneous forgetting induced by a 15-week training-testing interval. Moreover, dexefaroxan, given immediately after training, increased the memory performance of rats trained with a weak electric footshock in the passive avoidance test, facilitated spatial memory processes in the Morris water maze task in rats, and increased the performance of mice in an object recognition test. Thus, dexefaroxan appears to have a promnesic effect in these tests by facilitating the processes of memory retention, rather than acquisition or other noncognitive influences. The facilitatory effects of dexefaroxan in young adult rats persisted even after a 21- to 25-day constant subcutaneous infusion by using osmotic minipumps, indicating that tolerance to the promnesic effect of the drug did not occur during this prolonged treatment interval. Furthermore, in the pa...Continue Reading

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