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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Adenosine receptors in the central nervous system have been implicated in the modulation of different behavioural patterns and cognitive functions although the specific role of A(2A) receptor (A(2A)R) subtype in learning and memory is still unclear. In the present work we establish a novel transgenic rat strain, TGR(NSEhA2A), overexpressing adenosine A(2A)Rs mainly in the cerebral cortex, the hippocampal formation, and the cerebellum. Thereafter, we explore the relevance of this A(2A)Rs overexpression for learning and memory function. Animals were behaviourally assessed in several learning and memory tasks (6-arms radial tunnel maze, T-maze, object recognition, and several Morris water maze paradigms) and other tests for spontaneous motor activity (open field, hexagonal tunnel maze) and anxiety (plus maze) as modification of these behaviours may interfere with the assessment of cognitive function. Neither motor performance and emotional/anxious-like behaviours were altered by overexpression of A(2A)Rs. TGR(NSEhA2A) showed normal hippocampal-dependent learning of spatial reference memory. However, they presented working memory deficits as detected by performance of constant errors in the blind arms of the 6 arm radial tunnel maze, reduced recognition of a novel object and a lack of learning improvement over four trials on the same day which was not observed over consecutive days in a repeated acquisition paradigm in the Morris water maze. Given the interdependence between adenosinic and dopaminergic function, the present results render the novel TGR(NSEhA2A) as a putative animal model for the working memory deficits and cognitive disruptions related to overstimulation of cortical A(2A)Rs or to dopaminergic prefrontal dysfunction as seen in schizophrenic or Parkinson's disease patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1074-7427
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
42-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-10-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Anxiety, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Exploratory Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Genetic Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Memory, Short-Term, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Memory Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Receptor, Adenosine A2A, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Receptors, Dopamine D2, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, pubmed-meshheading:16824773-Statistics, Nonparametric
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Working memory deficits in transgenic rats overexpressing human adenosine A2A receptors in the brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't