Linked Life Data

1424097

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/1424097

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Mice were exposed to diacetylmorphine (heroin) or phencyclidine (PCP) prenatally or neonatally. At a later age, they were tested for hippocampus-related behavioral deficits and concomitant alterations in the septohippocampal cholinergic innervations. Actually, this is an application of the previously established phenobarbital neuroteratogenicity model to heroin and PCP. Prenatal exposure was accomplished transplacentally by injecting the mother 10 mg/kg heroin or PCP on gestation days 9-18. Neonatal administrations were applied directly by injections of 10 mg/kg of either drug to the pups between neonatal days 2-21. At the age of 50 days, mice exposed to heroin and PCP prenatally exhibited a 107% and 159% increase in their muscarinic cholinergic receptors Bmax, respectively. Neonatal exposure to heroin or PCP caused an 83% and 76% increase in the receptors respectively. On the behavioral level, both prenatal and neonatal exposure to heroin or PCP reduced performance in the hippocampus related eight-arm maze and Morris mazes. Depending on the drug, the test and the period of drug administration, the reduction ranged between 10% and 75%. The results suggest that heroin and PCP induce alterations in the septohippocampal cholinergic innervations and in related behavioral performance. Further studies are necessary in order to connect the biochemical and behavioral events in causal relationships.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0165-3806
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Alterations in septohippocampal cholinergic innervations and related behaviors after early exposure to heroin and phencyclidine.
pubmed:affiliation
Melvin A. and Eleanor Ross Laboratory for Studies in Neural Birth Defects, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't