Publication Date:
1981-10-30
Description:
Mid-aged rats were either adrenalectomized and chronically maintained, or left intact and treated daily for a 9- to 10-month period with a potent analog of the peptide adrenocorticotropin (residues 4 to 9), which has some stimulant properties, or with the neural stimulant pentylenetetrazole. All three treatments reduced hippocampal morphologic correlates of brain aging (neuronal loss, glial reactivity). The pentylenetetrazole and peptide treatments also improved reversal learning. These results suggest that certain endogenous peptides, with stimulant properties, may also exert long-term, trophic effects on brain structure and function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Landfield, P W -- Baskin, R K -- Pitler, T A -- AG 01552/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Oct 30;214(4520):581-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6270791" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adrenalectomy
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/*pharmacology
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*Aging
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Animals
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Brain/*physiology
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Hippocampus/cytology/physiology
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Learning/physiology
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Pentylenetetrazole/*pharmacology
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Peptide Fragments/*pharmacology
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred Strains
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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