Repeated injections of piracetam improve spatial learning and increase the stimulation of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis by excitatory amino acids in aged rats
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Repeated injections of piracetam improve spatial learning and increase the stimulation of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis by excitatory amino acids in aged rats
Abstract
Repeated injections of piracetam (400 mg/kg, i.p. once a day for 15 days) to 16-month old rats led to an improved performance on an 8-arm radial maze, used as a test for spatial learning. This effect was accompanied by a greater ability of excitatory amino acids (ibotenate and glutamate) to stimulate [3H]inositol-monophosphate formation in hippocampal slices incubated in the presence of 10 mM Li+. Repeated administration of piracetam did not induce changes in excitatory amino acid-stimulated polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis in hippocampal slices prepared from 2-month old animals.
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