固有のカンナビノイド系は,嫌悪的な記憶の消滅を制御する
Giovanni Marsicano1, Carsten T Wotjak, Shahnaz C Azad
1Molecular Genetics of Behaviour, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, Germany.
Nature
|August 2, 2002
まとめ
内在的なカンナビノイド系,特にカンナビノイド受容体1 (CB1) は,不快な記憶を忘れるために極めて重要です. CB1欠乏症は,記憶の消滅を阻害し,このプロセスにおけるCB1の役割を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 行動科学は,行動科学である.
背景:
- 逆性記憶の消滅は適応行動に不可欠であるが,細胞レベルで理解されていない.
- カナビノイド受容体1 (CB1) を含むエンドカンナビノイド系は,記憶の調節に関与しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 嫌悪的な記憶の消滅における内生的なカンナビノイドシステムの役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 聴覚的な恐怖条件付けと,CB1欠乏症のマウスや野生型のマウスの絶滅テスト.
- SR141716Aを使用したCB1受容体の薬理学的阻害.
- 基礎側桃体におけるエンドカンナビノイド濃度の測定.
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主要な成果:
- CB1欠乏したマウスは,短期記憶と長期記憶の消失が著しく低下した.
- CB1受容体の薬理学的阻害は,絶滅赤字を模倣した.
- エンドコナビノイドのレベルは,絶滅の際に基礎側桃体で増加した.
- CB1とエンドカンナビノイドは,桃体内の阻害電流の長期的な抑うつに不可欠でした.
結論:
- CB1受容体によって媒介される内生的なカンナビノイド系は,嫌悪的な記憶の消滅において重要な役割を果たします.
- エンドオカンナビノイドは,基礎側桃体内の抑制性神経伝達を調節することにより,絶滅を促進します.
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