Effects of Acupuncture at Pai-Hui on the Deficit of Memory Storage in Rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 289-298

  Chang, Yung Hsien ^a,b   Hiseh, Ming Tsuen ^a,b   Wu, Chi Rei ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PIRACETAM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PIRACETAM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0033258441     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x99000331     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Barraco, R.A. and L.J. Stettner. Antibiotics and memory. Psychol. Bull. 83: 242-302,1976.
2. Bauduin, H., M.P. Vandermoten and J.P. Famaey. Brief review of the mechanism of action of acupuncture stimulation in its analgesic effect. Acta Belgica - Medica Physica, 6: 11-19,1983.
3. Brambilla, A., A. Ghiorzi, N. Pitsikas and F. Borsini. DAU 6215, a novel 5-HT3-receptor antagonist, selectively antagonizes scopolamine-induced deficit in a passive avoidance task, but not scopolamine-induced hypermotility in rats. J. Phann. Pharmacol. 45: 841-843, 1993.
4. Chang, Y.H., M.T. Hsichand, J.T. Cheng. Increase of locomotor activity by acupuncture on PaiHui point in rats. Neurosci. Lett. 211: 121-124,1996.
5. Cheng, C.H.K., B. Cbstall, M.E. Kelly and B.J. Naylor. Actions of 5-hydroxy Cyptophan to inhibit and disinhibit mouse behaviour in the light/dark test. Ew. J. Pharmacol. 255: 39-49, 1994.
6. Davis, H.P. and L.R. Squire. Protein synthesis and memory: A review. Psychol. Bull. 96: SIS559, 1984.
7. Decker, M.W. and J.L. McGaugh. The role of interaction between the cholinergic system and other neuromodulatory system in learning and memory. Synapse. 7: 151-168,1991.
8. Eglen, R.M., E.H.F. Wong, A. Dumuis and J. Bockaert. Central 5-HT4 receptors. Trends in Pliarmacol. Sei. 16: 391-398, 1995.
9. Goelet, P., V.F. Castellucci, S. Schacher and E.R. Kandel. The long and the short of long-term memory a molecular framework. Nature, 323: 419-422,1986.
10. He, L.F. Involvement of endogenous opioidpeptides in acupuncture analgesia. Pain, 31:99-121, 1987.
11. Hsieh, M.T., C.R. Wu, and C.C. Hsieh. Ameliorating effect of phydroxybenzyl alcohol on cycloheximide-induced impairment of passive avoidance response in rats: Interactions with compounds acting at 5HT1A and 5-HT2 receptors. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 60: 337-343,1998.
12. Hu, X.M. The Handbook of Clinic Practice of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Beijing, China: People's Health Press, 1991, pp 146-158.
13. Jodar, L. and H. Kaneto. Synaptic plasticity: Stairway to memory. Jpn. J. Pharmacol. 68: 359387,1995.
14. Matsuno, K., T. Senda, K. Matsunaga, S. Mita and H. Kaneto. Similar ameliorating effects of benzomorphans and 5-HT2 antagonists on drug-induced impairment of passive avoidance response in mice: Comparison with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Psychopharmacology, 112: 134-141,1993.
15. McEntee, W.J. and T.H. Crook. Serotonin, memory and the aging brain. Psychopharmacology, 103: 143-149, 1991.
16. Meneses, A. and E. Hong. A pharmacological analysis of serotonergic receptors: Effects of their activation of blockade in learning. Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiat. 21: 273-296, 1997.
17. Nabeshima, T., K. Itoh, K. Kawashima and T. Kameyama. Effects of 5-HT2 receptor antagonist on cycloheximide-induced amnesia in mice. Phannacol. Biochem. Beliav. 32: 787-790,1989.
18. Nabeshima, T., K. Tohyama, K. Murase, S. Ishihara, T. Kameyama, S. Yamasaki, S. Hatanaka, H. Kojima, T. Sakurai, Y. Takasu and T. Shiotani. Effects of DM-9384, a cyclic derivative of GAB A, on amnesia and decreases in GAB AA and muscarinic receptors induced by cycloheximide. J. Pliarmacol. Exp. Ther. 257: 271-275,1991.
19. Ogren, S.E. Analysis of the avoidance learning deficit induced by the serotonin releasing compound pchloroamphetamine. Brain Res. Bull. 16: 645-660,1986.
20. Pomeranz, B. and D. Chiu. Naloxone blockade of acupuncture analgesia: endorphin implicated. Life Sei. 19: 1757-1762,1976.
21. Spimts, A.M. Mechanisms of memory disturbance during stages of memory acquisition and fixation. Neurosci. Behav. Physiol. 19: 387-392,1989.
22. Wang, D.S. China Zhenjiuology. Tianjin City, China: Tianjin Sei TechTranslat & Pub Co., 1991, pp. 161-197.