Memory and learning seems to be related to cholinergic dysfunction in the JE rat model

Physiology & Behavior
Prashant Singh ChauhanVinay K Khanna

Abstract

Cognitive changes have been known in encephalitis but in Japanese encephalitis (JE) such studies are limited. This study aims at evaluating the spatial memory and learning and correlate with markers of cholinergic activity in the brain.12day old Wistar rats were inoculated with dose of 3×10(6)pfu/ml of JE virus. On 10, 33 and 48days post-inoculation (dpi), spatial memory and learning was assessed by Y maze. Brain biopsies from frontal cortex, corpus striatum, hippocampus and cerebellum were taken. Muscarinic cholinergic receptor was assayed by Quinuclidinyl benzylate (H3-QNB) binding, CHRM2 gene expression by real time PCR and choline acetyl transferase (ChAT) by Western blot. Spatial learning and memory showed significant decline in rats inoculated with JEV on 10 and 33dpi (47.5%, p<0.01; 30.2%, p<0.01). It started recovering on 48dpi. Muscarinic cholinergic receptors showed significant decrease in frontal cortex (31%, p=0.001; 26%, p=0.003), hippocampus (57%, p=0.001; 39.9%, p=0.002) and cerebellum (31.2%, p=0.008; 21.6%, p=0.007) but not in corpus striatum as compared to control. The mRNA expression of CHRM2 receptor gene showed significant decrease in the expression in frontal cortex (48%, p<0.001; 38%, p<0.01), hippocampus...Continue Reading

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