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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
Using a combination of the selective opioid receptor-like1 (ORL1) receptor agonist, Ro 64-6198, and orphanin FQ/nociceptin (OFQ/N) peptide knockout (KO) mice, the influence of OFQ/N on cognition has been studied in the rodent. In wild type, C57BL/6J mice, Ro 64-6198 (0.3-1 mg/kg i.p.) impaired the acquisition of spatial learning in the Morris water maze, although a mild neurological impairment was evident which complicated precise interpretation. In Lister hooded rats, Ro 64-6198 (6 mg/kg i.p.) produced delay dependent impairments in rats performing either a delayed matching or a delayed nonmatching to position task with only a modest (< 20%) effect on omissions - an effect consistent with a short-term memory impairment. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated an inhibitory effect of OFQ/N on LTP recorded from the CA1 region of wild type mice, but not in ORL1 receptor knockout mice. In contrast to the ORL1 agonist, mice deficient in the OFQ/N peptide showed some evidence of improved spatial learning, fear conditioning and passive avoidance retention. However, CA1 LTP was similar between OFQ/N peptide KO mice and wild type controls. Subsequent receptor radioautography studies demonstrated the presence of ORL1 receptors within various regions of the medial temporal lobe system: i.e. CA1, dentate gyrus molecular layer, subiculum, perirhinal cortex. Taken together, these results suggest a bi-directional effect of OFQ/N containing systems on aspects of cognitive behaviour, particularly those elements associated with hippocampal function. This is consistent with a likely modulatory role of OFQ/N on hippocampal and associated cortical circuitry.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0953-816X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
911-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-12-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Anti-Anxiety Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Avoidance Learning, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Conditioning (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Long-Term Potentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Memory, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Opioid Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Radioligand Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Receptors, Opioid, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Space Perception, pubmed-meshheading:11906533-Spiro Compounds
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
A combined pharmacological and genetic approach to investigate the role of orphanin FQ in learning and memory.
pubmed:affiliation
PRBN, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article