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1Department of Pharmacology, Kagoshima University Dental School, Sakuragaoka, Japan.
Abstract:
The effects of a novel vasopressin fragment analog NC-1900 (pGlu-Asn-Ser-Pro-Arg-Gly-NH2 acetate) were studied on learning and/or memory impairment in passive avoidance task and on cell damage of cultured cerebro-cortical neurocytes induced by glutamic acid. A small dose of NC-1900 (1 ng/kg, s.c.) ameliorated impairments of learning and/or memory induced by intracisternal injection of 467.6 micrograms of 10 microliters glutamic acid. NC-1900 also ameliorated the impairments induced by intracisternal NMDA, AMPA-antagonist CNQX and by metabotropic receptor (mGluR1) agonist 3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine but not by kainate agonist domoic acid nor MK-801 in mice. NC-1900 (100 pM, 1nM) ameliorated the cell damage of cultured rat cerebro-cortical neurocytes induced by 100 and 1000 microM of glutamic acid. These results suggest that NC-1900 may serve as a remedies in various patients with certain brain disorders induced by excess glutamic acid.
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