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Enhancement of learning capacity and cholinergic synaptic function by carnitine in aging rats

✍ Scribed by S. Ando; T. Tadenuma; Y. Tanaka; F. Fukui; S. Kobayashi; Y. Ohashi; T. Kawabata

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
116 KB
Volume
66
Category
Article
ISSN
0360-4012

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Abstract

The effects of a carnitine derivative, acetyl‐L‐carnitine (ALCAR), on the cognitive and cholinergic activities of aging rats were examined. Rats were given ALCAR (100 mg/kg) per os for 3 months and were subjected to the Hebb‐Williams tasks and a new maze task, AKON‐1, to assess their learning capacity. The learning capacity of the ALCAR‐treated group was superior to that of the control. Cholinergic activities were determined with synaptosomes isolated from the cortices. The high‐affinity choline uptake by synaptosomes, acetylcholine synthesis in synaptosomes, and acetylcholine release from synaptosomes on membrane depolarization were all enhanced in the ALCAR group. This study indicates that chronic administration of ALCAR increases cholinergic synaptic transmission and consequently enhances learning capacity as a cognitive function in aging rats. J. Neurosci. Res. 66:266–271, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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