Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8841417 | Neuroscience Letters | 2018 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
Stress induces retrograde amnesia in humans and rodents. Muscarinic antagonism under normal physiological conditions causes gender dependent impairment in episodic memory retrieval. We aimed to explore the gender dependent role of muscarinic receptors in memory retrieval under sub-chronic stress condition. Male and female mice were trained for Morris water maze test and contextual fear conditioning, followed by 3â¯h restraint stress per day for five days. Stress was either given alone or in combination with a daily subcutaneous injection of scopolamine (1â¯mg/kg) or donepezil (1â¯mg/kg). Control mice were given saline without any stress. Sub-chronic stress (induced for five days) impaired spatial memory retrieval in males (Pâ¯<â¯0.005) but not in females (Pâ¯>â¯0.05). Stress induced spatial memory recall deficit in male mice was independent of muscarinic receptor activity (Pâ¯>â¯0.05). However, stress induced contextual fear memory recall impairment was reversed by donepezil treatment in male (Pâ¯<â¯0.005) and female (Pâ¯<â¯0.0001) mice. These findings suggest that differential role of muscarinic activity in retrieving different types of memories under stress depends on gender of subjects.
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Authors
Habiba Rashid, Touqeer Ahmed,