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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
A shadow passing overhead acts as a danger stimulus and elicits an escape response in the crab Chasmagnathus that habituates promptly and for a long period. Robust retention is shown at 24 h after 15 trials of shadow presentation or at 120 h after 30 trials, but no significant retention is disclosed at 24 h after 5 trials or at 72 h after 15. A cocktail of the cAMP membrane permeable analog 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cAMP (CPT-cAMP), plus the phosphodiesterase inhibitor isobutyl methylxanthine (IBMX), was given by systemic administration. Pretraining injection of the cocktail (25 or 50 microM, 15 min before a 5-trial session) failed to affect short-term habituation, but induced significant retention when tested at 24 h. This facilitatory effect was not shown when a lower dose (5 microM) was used. A post-training injection of 25 microM, immediately after a 5- or 15-trial session, induced retention when tested at 24 or 72 h, respectively. Thus, the administration of CPT-cAMP + IBMX during acquisition of a habituated response or immediately after, improves long-term habituation, a result supporting the view that an increase in the cAMP level is one of the steps in long-term memory consolidation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0166-4328
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
119-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute administration of a permeant analog of cAMP and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor improve long-term habituation in the crab Chasmagnathus.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires University, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't