大鼠侧脑室慢性注射CRF致抑郁样变化研究

为了探讨CRF在抑郁症发生发展过程中的作用．对正常大鼠侧脑室慢性注射CRF21天并与慢性非预见性应激刺激21天建立的抑郁症模型大鼠进行比较。运用旷场行为实验（open-field）观察大鼠主动性活动能力．用Morris water Maze法．以训练期的逃避潜伏期为指标检测大鼠空间学习记忆能力。采用HPLC—UV法测定血清皮质醇含量,RT—PCR法检测CRF及其受体mRNA的表达。结果显示：慢性应激21天建立的模型大鼠主动性活动和学习记忆能力均明显下降．血清皮质醇含量显著升高,CRF及其受体R1 mRNA的表达增加。大鼠侧脑室慢性注射CRF21天后．其体重增量、主动性活动和学习记忆能力与慢性应激模型大鼠一样均明显降低。这些工作证明了CRF在抑郁症的发生发展过程中发挥了至关重要的作用．慢性应激导致机体CRF分泌持续增加可能是抑郁症发病的主要原因。     

甘丙肽及其受体2在抑郁症动物模型脑内的表达研究

运用慢性非预见性应激刺激建立抑郁症动物模型,用开野实验（open—field）检测大鼠建模前后行为学变化,HPLC—EC法测定血清皮质醇变化,由此对模型进行初步评价。运用原位杂交、RT—PCR方法检测大鼠海马脑区和中缝背核甘丙肽及其受体2的表达。结果显示．慢性应激后模型组大鼠活动性明显降低,血清皮质醇含量显著升高,海马脑区和中缝背核甘丙肽及其受体2的表达显著上调。在慢性应激大鼠抑郁症模型中,甘丙肽及其受体2在部分脑区的高表达提示甘丙肽很有可能参与了应激过程中神经元功能的调节。     

葛根素对血管性痴呆大鼠海马突触传递长时程增强的影响

目的：探讨葛根素对血管性痴呆大鼠长时程增强（LTP）的影响。方法：采用Morris水迷宫和LTP诱导法检测血管性痴呆模型大鼠空间学习记忆能力和海马突触传递的改变。结果：模型组大鼠不同时间点测得的Morris水迷宫逃逸潜伏期均较假手术组明显延长,海马LTP诱导率明显降低,而药物组大鼠EL均短于模型组,但LTP诱导率明显增强。结论：葛根素可增强血管性痴呆大鼠突触传递功能,改善其长期存在的学习记忆障碍。     

灵芝多糖对AD模型大鼠海马组织Caspase-3和FasL表达的影响

目的研究灵芝多糖（GLP）对阿尔茨海默病（AD）大鼠海马组织半胱氨酰天冬氨酸特异性蛋白静3（caspase-3）和FasL基因以及空间学习记忆能力的影响。方法双侧海马内一次性注射淀粉样多肽25-35片段（Aβ25—35）制作大鼠AD模型,治疗组24h后腹腔注射灵芝多糖水溶液,1周后进行Morris水迷宫检测大鼠空间学习记忆能力变化。采用免疫组织化学法和逆转录-聚合酶链式反应法（RT-PCR）分别检测大鼠海马组织caspase-3蛋白的表达量和FasL基因的表达,以及灵芝多糖对上述各指标的影响。结果灵芝多糖能明显改善AD模型大鼠低下的空间学习记忆能力。显著降低模型大鼠海马组织caspase-3和FasL的表达,而且灵芝多糖能明显改善模型大鼠脑组织海马CAI区神经元的退行性变化。结论灵芝多糖能降低海马组织内FasL和caspase-3表达量,改善海马CAI区神经元的退行性变化。对老年性痴呆大鼠学习记忆能力可能有增强和提高作用。     

D-半乳糖合并Meynert基底核损毁对海马长时程增强和突触形态的影响

目的 :研究D 半乳糖合并Meynert基底核损毁Alzheimer病 (AD)大鼠模型海马突触可塑性的变化。方法 :通过0 .96 %D 半乳糖致亚急性损伤及鹅膏蕈氨酸损毁Meynert基底核建立AD动物模型 ,应用行为学测试、电生理学方法和电镜观察 ,研究AD模型大鼠海马突触形态结构和长时程增强现象 (long termpotentiation ,LTP)的变化。结果 :①AD模型大鼠在Morris水迷宫的学习记忆能力明显低于对照组 ;②AD大鼠海马CA1区突触的数密度、面密度明显减少 ;③AD模型大鼠海马齿状回产生的LTP较对照组明显降低。结论 :海马突触结构改变和功能可塑性的降低可能与AD大鼠的学习记忆能力下降有关     

GW0742对全脑缺血再灌注大鼠脑损伤的作用观察

目的 初步观察PPARβ激动剂对大鼠全脑缺血/再灌注损伤的影响.方法 采用双侧颈总动脉夹闭合并低血压的方法建立大鼠全脑缺血/再灌注模型.GW0742(22μg、67μg和200 μg)于建模前30 min脑室注射给予,Morris水迷宫测定大鼠空间学习记忆能力,HE染色观察海马神经元形态变化,生化法检测大鼠海马SOD活性和MDA含量变化.结果 全脑缺血/再灌注大鼠空间学习记忆能力明显下降、海马神经元核固缩,海马SOD活性降低、MDA含量增加;GW0742给予能明显改善全脑缺血再灌注对大鼠空间学习记忆能力的损害和海马神经元损伤,并能明显阻遏全脑缺血再灌注大鼠海马的SOD活性降低、MDA含量增加.结论 PPARβ激动剂对全脑缺血/再灌注大鼠脑损伤有明显保护作用,其神经保护作用机制可能与通过PPARβ激动从而抑制氧化应激反应有关.     

戊四氮点燃癫痫大鼠空间学习记忆改变及海马突触素、突触后致密物PSD-95表达的变化

目的探讨戊四氮点燃癫痫对大鼠空间学习记忆的影响及可能的分子机制。方法戊四氮(pentylenetet-razol,PTZ)点燃建立慢性癫痫(chronic epileptic,CEP)模型,Morris水迷宫进行行为学检测,免疫组织化学方法观察大鼠海马CA1、CA3区突触素(synaptophysin,P38)和突触后致密物95(postsynaptic density 95,PSD-95)的表达,并用计算机图像分析系统对免疫反应结果进行处理。结果水迷宫试验检测癫痫组大鼠空间学习记忆能力受损;免疫组化结果表明其海马CA1、CA3区P38和PSD-95免疫反应产物较对照组明显减少(P<0.01,P<0.05)。结论戊四氮点燃癫痫大鼠伴有学习记忆功能减退,其海马神经元P38和PSD-95的表达减少可能参与了空间学习记忆受损。     

电针对去卵巢大鼠学习记忆能力及海马神经元型一氧化氮合酶mRNA表达的影响

目的研究电针对去卵巢大鼠学习记忆能力及海马神经元型一氧化氮合酶（nNOS）mRNA表达的影响。方法采用卵巢切除大鼠模型,造成低雌激素记忆障碍,去势2周后进行电针刺激,连续治疗3个月。Morris水迷宫测试空间学习记忆能力,酶联免疫吸附分析（ELISA）检测血清雌二醇（E2）浓度,实时荧光定量PCR检测检测nNOSmRNA的相对表达量。结果与假手术组比较,模型组大鼠逃避潜伏期时间明显延长,跨越平台次数明显减少,血清E2浓度和海马nNOSmR—NA表达显著降低（P〈O．01）;与模型组比较,电针组和假电针组治疗后逃避潜伏期缩短,跨越平台次数增加,血清E2浓度和海马nNOSmRNA表达均显著升高,电针组升高更明显（P〈O．01）。结论电针能够提高去卵巢大鼠学习记忆能力,其机制可能与升高体内雌激素浓度上调海马nNOSmRNA的表达有关。     

高脂膳食对肥胖易感和肥胖抵抗大鼠学习记忆能力的影响及机制

经过长期的高脂膳食后并非所有个体都会发生肥胖,还有些个体会产生肥胖抵抗现象。高脂膳食影响海马依赖的学习记忆等认知功能已被广泛证实,但目前关于高脂膳食对肥胖抵抗个体学习记忆能力影响的研究仍较少见。本文旨在对比研究高脂膳食对肥胖易感（obesity-prone, OP）和肥胖抵抗（obesity-resistant, OR）大鼠空间学习记忆能力的影响,并探讨其潜在的可能机制。Morris水迷宫结果显示,肥胖易感大鼠的学习能力显著低于对照大鼠和肥胖抵抗大鼠,但3组大鼠的记忆功能无显著性差异。Western印迹结果显示,与对照组相比,肥胖易感和肥胖抵抗大鼠海马内脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)、血管内皮细胞生长因子(VEGF)和突触素(SYN)的含量均显著降低,丙二醛(MDA)和白介素1β(IL-1β)的含量均显著升高;且肥胖易感大鼠海马内上述蛋白质含量的变化更明显。免疫荧光染色和激光共聚焦显微镜扫描结果均显示,肥胖易感大鼠的海马神经发生水平显著低于肥胖抵抗大鼠和对照大鼠,但肥胖抵抗大鼠的海马神经发生水平与对照大鼠相比未见显著性变化。这些结果提示,高脂膳食可能是通过降低海马内突触可塑相关蛋白质的表达和神经发生,以及加剧炎症反应来损害肥胖易感大鼠的空间学习能力,而对肥胖抵抗大鼠的学习记忆能力影响不显著。     

高脂膳食对肥胖易感和肥胖抵抗大鼠学习记忆能力的影响及机制北大核心CSCD

经过长期的高脂膳食后并非所有个体都会发生肥胖,还有些个体会产生肥胖抵抗现象。高脂膳食影响海马依赖的学习记忆等认知功能已被广泛证实,但目前关于高脂膳食对肥胖抵抗个体学习记忆能力影响的研究仍较少见。本文旨在对比研究高脂膳食对肥胖易感(obesity-prone,OP)和肥胖抵抗(obesity-resistant,OR)大鼠空间学习记忆能力的影响,并探讨其潜在的可能机制。Morris水迷宫结果显示,肥胖易感大鼠的学习能力显著低于对照大鼠和肥胖抵抗大鼠,但3组大鼠的记忆功能无显著性差异。Western印迹结果显示,与对照组相比,肥胖易感和肥胖抵抗大鼠海马内脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)、血管内皮细胞生长因子(VEGF)和突触素(SYN)的含量均显著降低,丙二醛(MDA)和白介素1β(IL-1β)的含量均显著升高;且肥胖易感大鼠海马内上述蛋白质含量的变化更明显。免疫荧光染色和激光共聚焦显微镜扫描结果均显示,肥胖易感大鼠的海马神经发生水平显著低于肥胖抵抗大鼠和对照大鼠,但肥胖抵抗大鼠的海马神经发生水平与对照大鼠相比未见显著性变化。这些结果提示,高脂膳食可能是通过降低海马内突触可塑相关蛋白质的表达和神经发生,以及加剧炎症反应来损害肥胖易感大鼠的空间学习能力,而对肥胖抵抗大鼠的学习记忆能力影响不显著。     

慢性应激对大鼠学习记忆能力和海马LTP的影响

目的和方法：本研究采用一种多因素的２１ｄ慢性应激动物模型,以Ｙ迷宫和ＬＴＰ为指标,探讨慢性应激对运动学习记忆能力和海马神经突触可塑性的影响。结果：长期慢性应激使大鼠空间学习记忆能力下降,而且,使中枢海马齿状回ＬＴＰ的诱生受到抑制。结论：慢性应激可能使大鼠海马齿状回神经突触可塑性降低,并进一步影响到学习记忆的功能。     

Activity-induced Notch signaling in neurons requires Arc/Arg3.1 and is essential for synaptic plasticity in hippocampal networks

Notch signaling in the nervous system has been most studied in the context of cell fate specification. However, numerous studies have suggested that Notch also regulates neuronal morphology, synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. Here we show that Notch1 and its ligand Jagged1 are present at the synapse, and that Notch signaling in neurons occurs in response to synaptic activity. In addition, neuronal Notch signaling is positively regulated by Arc/Arg3.1, an activity-induced gene required for synaptic plasticity. In Arc/Arg3.1 mutant neurons, the proteolytic activation of Notch1 is disrupted both in vivo and in vitro. Conditional deletion of Notch1 in the postnatal hippocampus disrupted both long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), and led to deficits in learning and short-term memory. Thus, Notch signaling is dynamically regulated in response to neuronal activity, Arc/Arg3.1 is a context-dependent Notch regulator, and Notch1 is required for the synaptic plasticity that contributes to memory formation.     

寡聚体Aβ1-42对大鼠海马突触可塑性的慢性影响

突触传递的长时程抑制(long-term depression,LTD)和长时程增强(longterm-potentiation,LTP)是突触可塑性的两种重要形式,并且与学习记忆密切相关.本文探讨Sprague-Dawley(SD)大鼠在海马齿状回区(dentate gyrus,DG)注射36 h孵育形成的寡聚体Aβ...     

多巴胺调节海马神经元可塑性的研究进展

多巴胺是脑内重要的信息传递物质,不仅可以作为递质释放到前额叶、伏隔核等脑区,直接进行信息传递,也可以作为调质调节其它突触递质的传递,并影响神经元可塑性。海马参与构成边缘系统,受多巴胺能神经支配,执行着有关学习记忆以及空间定位的功能。海马神经元的可塑性是学习记忆的细胞分子基础。研究表明,多巴胺对海马神经元的突触可塑性和兴奋性可塑性都具有重要的调节作用。本文扼要综述多巴胺对海马神经元突触可塑性和兴奋性可塑性的调节机制的研究进展,以期为DA系统参与海马区学习记忆功能的研究提供新思路,更深入地了解学习记忆的神经机制。     

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Background

Erythropoietin (EPO) improves cognition of human subjects in the clinical setting by as yet unknown mechanisms. We developed a mouse model of robust cognitive improvement by EPO to obtain the first clues of how EPO influences cognition, and how it may act on hippocampal neurons to modulate plasticity.

Results

We show here that a 3-week treatment of young mice with EPO enhances long-term potentiation (LTP), a cellular correlate of learning processes in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. This treatment concomitantly alters short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic transmission, shifting the balance of excitatory and inhibitory activity. These effects are accompanied by an improvement of hippocampus dependent memory, persisting for 3 weeks after termination of EPO injections, and are independent of changes in hematocrit. Networks of EPO-treated primary hippocampal neurons develop lower overall spiking activity but enhanced bursting in discrete neuronal assemblies. At the level of developing single neurons, EPO treatment reduces the typical increase in excitatory synaptic transmission without changing the number of synaptic boutons, consistent with prolonged functional silencing of synapses.

Conclusion

We conclude that EPO improves hippocampus dependent memory by modulating plasticity, synaptic connectivity and activity of memory-related neuronal networks. These mechanisms of action of EPO have to be further exploited for treating neuropsychiatric diseases.     

7,8-dihydroxyflavone rescues spatial memory and synaptic plasticity in cognitively impaired aged rats

7,8-dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF) has recently been identified as a potential TrkB agonist that crosses the blood-brain barrier after i.p. administration. We previously demonstrated that 7,8-DHF in vitro rescues long-term synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus of aged rats. This study assessed the rescue effect of 7,8-DHF in vivo on aging-related cognitive impairment in rats, and further determined whether the effect of 7,8-DHF is age dependent. Aged rats at 22 and 30 months of age were pretested for spatial memory in Morris water maze. The aged-impaired rats were retested twice during 7,8-DHF or vehicle treatment, which started 3 weeks after the completion of the pretest. In the 22-month-old rats, daily i.p. administration of 7,8-DHF for 2 weeks improved spatial memory. The improvement in behavioral tests was associated with increases in synapse formation and facilitation of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, as well as the activation of several proteins crucial to synaptic plasticity and memory. A more extended treatment paradigm with 7,8-DHF was required to achieve a significant memory improvement in the severely impaired 30-month-old rats. Moreover, 7,8-DHF moderately facilitated the synaptic plasticity, modified the density but not number of spines in the hippocampus of the oldest rats. Taken together, our results suggest that 7,8-DHF can act in vivo to counteract aging-induced declines in spatial memory and synaptic plasticity and morphological changes of hippocampal neurons. The effect of 7,8-DHF is more pronounced in relatively younger impaired rats than in those of more advanced age. These findings demonstrate the reversal of age-dependent memory impairment by in vivo 7,8-DHF application and support the benefit of early treatment for cognitive aging.     

A critical role for the glial-derived neuromodulator D-serine in the age-related deficits of cellular mechanisms of learning and memory

Age-associated deficits in learning and memory are closely correlated with impairments of synaptic plasticity. Analysis of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAr)-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP) in CA1 hippocampal slices indicates that the glial-derived neuromodulator D-serine is required for the induction of synaptic plasticity. During aging, the content of D-serine and the expression of its synthesizing enzyme serine racemase are significantly decreased in the hippocampus. Impaired LTP and NMDAr-mediated synaptic potentials in old rats are rescued by exogenous D-serine. These results highlight the critical role of glial cells and presumably astrocytes, through the availability of D-serine, in the deficits of synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory that occur in the course of aging.