Age-dependent loss of NMDA receptors in hippocampus,striatum, and frontal cortex of the rat: Prevention by acetyl-l-carnitine |
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Authors: | M. Castorina A. M. Ambrosini L. Pacifici M. T. Ramacci L. Angelucci |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Research on Senescence, Sigma Tau S.p.A.Via Pontina km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy;(2) Institute of Pharmacology II, Medical Faculty University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | Acute i.p. administration of Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALCAR), a component of several biological systems, has been found to modify spontaneous and evoked electrocortical activity in young rats, and, in the old rats, to improve learning ability and to increase the number of NMDA receptors in the whole brain. The present study was aimed at ascertaining the effect of chronic treatment with ALCAR added to drinking water on age-related changes in the different brain areas of rats. In twenty-four-month-old rats, ALCAR treatment for six months significantly impeded the decline in the number of NMDA receptors within the hippocampus, the frontal cortex and the striatum compared to the adult animal. This finding thus confirms the previously reported positive effect of ALCAR on the brain NMDA receptor system. |
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Keywords: | Aging [3H]CGS19755 binding CNS carnitine |
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