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شمس الدین احمدی

شمس الدین احمدی

مرتبه علمی: دانشیار
ارکید: 0000-0003-0300-3226
تحصیلات: دکترای تخصصی
اسکاپوس: 12141695900
دانشکده: دانشکده علوم پایه
نشانی: سنندج، دانشگاه کردستان، دانشکده علوم پایه، گروه علوم زیستی
تلفن: 08733664600 (2510)

مشخصات پژوهش

عنوان
D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the nucleus accumbens are involved in restoration of inhibitory avoidance memory by nicotine
نوع پژوهش
Presentation
کلیدواژه‌ها
Nicotine- Restoration- Nucleus accumbens- Rat
سال
2011
پژوهشگران Ronak Azizbeigi ، Shamseddin Ahmadi ، Mohammad Reza Zarrindast

چکیده

Involvement of the dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in restoration of inhibitory avoidance (IA) memory by nicotine was investigated. A step-through type of inhibitory avoidance tasks was used to assess memory in male Wistar rats. The results showed that subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of morphine (7.5 mg/kg) after training decreased retrieval of IA memory in the animals when tested 24 h later. Pre-test administration of the same dose of morphine significantly reversed the deficiency in retrieval. The results also showed that pre-test administration of nicotine (0.2 and 0.4 mg/kg, s.c.) by itself mimicked the effect of pre-test morphine, and lower doses of nicotine (0.1 and 0.2 mg/kg) also improved the effect of a low dose of morphine (2.5 mg/kg) on retrieval of IA memory. Pre-test intra-NAc administration of the dopamine D1 receptor antagonist, SCH23390 (0.001 and 0.01 µg/rat), and the dopamine D2 receptor antagonist, sulpiride (0.5 and 1 µg/rat) caused no significant effects on IA memory by themselves, but both prevented reinstatement of the retrieval of IA memory by the effective dose of nicotine (0.4 mg/kg). It can be concluded that the dopaminergic mechanism(s) in the NAc is a cross-link for the effect of morphine and nicotine on reinstatement of retrieval of IA memory impaired by post-training administration of morphine.