Ghrelin and memory: Differential effects on acquisition and retrieval

In a previous paper we have demonstrated that the orexigenic peptide Ghrelin (Ghr), increases memory retention in rats and mice. In the present work we evaluated the Ghr effect when it was administered previous the training session or previous the test session (24 h after training) on the memory per...

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Autores: Carlini, Valeria Paola, Ghersi, Marisa Soledad, Schiöth, Helgi Birgir, de Barioglio, Susana Rubiales
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/130466
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/130466
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:GHRELIN
LONG-TERM MEMORY
MEMORY ACQUISITION
MEMORY RETENTION
SHORT-TERM MEMORY
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Sumario:In a previous paper we have demonstrated that the orexigenic peptide Ghrelin (Ghr), increases memory retention in rats and mice. In the present work we evaluated the Ghr effect when it was administered previous the training session or previous the test session (24 h after training) on the memory performance, using step-down test. The results showed that the intra-hippocampal Ghr administration previous the training session improved the long-term memory in this task, but did not modify the short-term memory. Nevertheless, when the Ghr was administrated previous the test session, no changes were observed in the memory performance. Taking into account these results and other previously published by our group, we could hypothesizes that Ghr may modulate specific molecular intermediates involved in memory acquisition/consolidation but not in the retrieval.