Ameliorating effects of essential oil from Acori graminei rhizoma on learning and memory in aged rats and mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-309

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Han, Ting ^a   Yu, Cheng Hao ^b   Rahman, Khalid ^c   Qin, Lu Ping ^a   Peng, Cheng ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACORI GRAMINEI RHIZOMA EXTRACT; DOPAMINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHANOL; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRATES; NOREPINEPHRINE; OILS, VOLATILE; RATS; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 33846786880     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.59.2.0016     Document Type: Article

References (87)

1. Abel, T., Lattal, K. M. (2001) Molecular mechanisms of memory acquisition, consolidation and retrieval. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 11: 180-187
2. Aigner, T., Mishkin, M. (1986) The effects of physostigmine and scopolamine on recognition memory in monkeys. Behav. Neural Biol. 45: 81-87
3. Albert, M. S., Duffy, F., Naeser, M. (1987) Non-linear changes in cognition with age and neurophysiological correlates. Can. J. Psychol. 41: 141-157
4. Albert, M. S., Moss, M., Tanzi, R., Jones, K. (2001) Preclinical prediction of AD using neuropsychological tests. J. Int. Neuropsychol. Soc. 7: 631-639
5. Amieva, H., Jacqmin-Gadda, H., Orgogozo, J. M., Le Carret, N., Helmer, C., Letenneur, L., Barberger-Gateau, P., Fabrigoule, C., Dartigues, J. F. (2005) The 9 year cognitive decline before dementia of the Alzheimer type: a prospective population-based study. Brain 128: 1093-1101
6. Anagnostaras, S. G., Maren, S., Fanselow, M. S. (1995) Scopolamine selectively disrupts the acquisition of contextual fear conditioning in rats. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 64: 191-194
7. Arranz, B., Blennow, K., Ekman, R., Eriksson, A., Mansson, J. E., Marcusson, J. (1996) Brain monoaminergic and neuropeptidergic variations in human aging. J. Neural. Transm. 103: 101-115
8. Bach, M. E., Barad, M., Son, H., Zhuo, M., Lu, Y. F., Shih, R., Mansuv, I., Hawkins, R. D., Kandel, E. R. (1999) Age-related defects in spatial memory are correlated with defects in the late phase of hippocampal long-term potentiation in vitro and are attenuated by drugs that enhance the cAMP signaling pathway. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 96: 5280-5285
9. Barnes, C. A. (1979) Memory deficits associated with senescence: a neurophysiological and behavioral study in the rat. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 93: 74-104
10. Bartus, R., Uehara, Y. (1979) Physostigmine and recent memory: effects in young and aged nonhuman primates. Science 206: 1085-1087
11. Biochemistry Group of Acupuncture and Meridian Research Institute of TCM Academy (1975) Simultaneously extraction and fluorospectrophotometry determination of 5-HT, 5-HIAA, NE, DA in brain. TCM Research References 7: 38
12. Blokland, A. (1996) Acetylcholine: a neurotransmitter for learning and memory? Brain Res. Rev. 21: 285-300
13. Blozovski, D., Cudennec, A., Garrigou, D. (1977) Deficits in passive avoidance learning following atropine in the developing rat. Psychopharmacology 54: 139-144
14. Bombi, Lee., Young, K. C., Hocheol, K., Sun, Y. K., Hahm, D. H., Lee, H. J., Insop, S. (2003) Protective effects of methanol extract of Acori graminei rhizome and Uncariae Ramulus et Uncus on ischemia-induced neuronal death and cognitive impairments in the rat. Life Sci. 74: 435-450
15. Brayne, C., Gill, C., Huppert, F. A., Barkley, C., Gehlhaar, E., Girling, D. M., O'Connor, D. W., Paykel, E. S. (1995) Incidence of clinically diagnosed subtypes of dementia in an elderly population. Br. J. Psychiatry 167: 255-262
16. Buhot, M. C., Martin, S., Segu, L. (2000) Role of serotonin in memory impairment. Ann. Med. 32: 210-221
17. Chang, H. H., Pui-Hay But, P. (1986) Pharmacology and applications of Chinese Materia Medica, Vol. 1. World Scientific, Shanghai
18. Chen, P., Ratcliv, G., Belle, S. H., Cauley, J., DeKosky, S. T., Ganguli, M. (2001) Patterns of cognitive decline in presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease: a prospective community study. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 58: 853-858
19. Chen, Y. L., Hsieh, C. L., Wu, P-H. B., Lin, J. G. (2004) Effect of Polygala tenuifolia root on behavioral disorders by lesioning nucleus basalis magnocellularis in rat. J. Ethnopharmacol. 95: 47-55
20. Cho, J., Joo, N. E., Kong, J. Y., Jeong, D. Y., Lee, K. D., Kang, B. S. (2000) Inhibition of excitotoxic neuronal death by methanol extract of Acori graminei rhizoma in cultured rat cortical neurons. J. Ethnopharmacol. 73: 31-37
21. Cho, J., Kim, Y. H., Kang, J. Y., Yang, C. H., Park, C. G. (2002) Protection of cultured rat cortical neurons from excitotoxicity by asarone, a major essential oil component in the rhizomes of Acorus gramineus. Life. Sci. 71: 591-599
22. Ciarlone, A. E. (1978) Further modification of a fluorometric method for analyzing brain amines. Microchem. J. 23: 9-12
23. Cortes, R., Gueye, B., Pazos, A., Probs, A., Palacios, J. M. (1989) Dopamine receptors in the human brain: autoradiographic distribution of D1 sites. Neuroscience 28: 263-273
24. Crow, T. J. (1968) Cortical synapses and reinforcement: a hypothesis. Nature 219: 736-737
25. Daniel, J. M., Winsauer, P. J., Moerschbaecher, J. M. (2003) Castration in rats impairs performance during acquisition of a working memory task and exacerbates deficits in working memory produced by scopolamine and mecamylamine. Psychopharmacology 170: 294-300
26. da Silva, A. L., Piato, A. L., Bardini, S., Netto, C. A., Nunes, D. S., Elisabetsky, E. (2004) Memory retrieval improvement by Ptychopetalum olacoides in young and aging mice. J. Ethnopharmacol. 95: 199-203
27. Dawson, G., Heyes, C., Iversen, S. (1992) Pharmacological mechanisms and animal models of cognition. Behav. Pharmacol. 3: 285-297
28. De la Fuente, M., Hernanz, A., Medina, S., Guayerbas, N., Fernandez, B., Viveros, M. P. (2003) Characterization of monoaminergic systems in brain regions of prematurely ageing mice. Neurochem. Int. 43: 165-172
29. Didriksen, M. (1995) Effects of antipsychotics on cognitive behavior in rats using the delayed non-match to position paradigm. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 281: 241-250
30. Drachman, D. (1977) Memory and cognitive function in man. Does the cholinergic system have a specific role? Neurology 27: 783-790
31. Ellman, G. L., Lourtney, D. K., Andres, V., Gmelin, G. (1961) A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity. Biochem. Pharmacol. 7: 88-95
32. Erickson, C. A., Barnes, C. A. (2003) The neurobiology of memory changes in normal aging. Exp. Gerontol. 38: 61-69
33. Farr, S. A., Banks, W. A., Morley, J. E. (2006) Effects of leptin on memory processing. Peptides 27: 1420-1425
34. Forster, M. J., Dubey, A., Dawson, K. M., Stutts, W. A., Lal, H., Sohal, R. S. (1994) Age-related losses of cognitive function and motor skills in mice are associated with oxidative protein damage in the brain. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 93: 4765-4769
35. Gallagher, M., Rapp, P. R. (1997) The use of animal models to study the effects of aging on cognition. Ann. Rev. Psychol. 48: 339-370
36. Gibbs, R. B., Burke, A. M., Johnson, D. A. (1998) Estrogen replacement attenuates effects of scopolamine and lorazepam on memory acquisition and retention. Horm. Behav. 34: 112-125
37. Goldman-Rakic, P. S., Lidow, M. S., Gallager, D. W. (1990) Overlap of dopaminergic, adrenergic and serotoninergic receptors and complementarity of their subtypes in primate prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 10: 2125-2138
38. Guilherme dos Santos, J. Jr, Hoffmann Martins do Monte, F., Marcela Blanco, M., Maria do Nascimento Bispo Lanziotti, V., Damasseno Maia, F., Kalyne de Almeida Leal, L. (2005) Cognitive enhancement in aged rats after chronic administration of Equisetum arvense L. with demonstrated antioxidant properties in vitro. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 81: 593-600
39. Hamburg, M. D., Cohen, R. P. (1973) Memory access pathway: role of adrenergic versus cholinergic neurons. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 1: 295-300
40. Hashimoto, S., Inoue, T., Koyama, T. (1999) Effects of conditioned fear stress on serotonin neurotransmission and freezing behavior in rats. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 378: 23-30
41. 1A receptor binding. Behav. Brain Res. 159: 207-220
42. Himmelheber, A. M., Sarter, M., Bruno, J. P. (2000) Increases in cortical acetylcholine release during sustained attention performance in rats. Cogn. Brain Res. 9: 313-325
43. Howieson, D., Camicioli, R., Quinn, J., Silbert, L. C., Care, B., Moore, M. M., Dame, A. Sexton, G., Kaye, J. A. (2003) Natural history of cognitive decline in the old. Neurology 60: 1489-1494
44. Hsieh, M. T., Peng, W. H., Wu, C. R., Wang, W. H. (2000) The ameliorating effects of the cognitive-enhancing Chinese herbs on scopolamine-induced amnesia in rats. Phytother. Res. 14: 375-377
45. Hu, J. G., Gu, J., Wang, Z. W. (1999) Effects of active principles extracted from Acori graminei rhizoma on learning and memory. J. Chin. Med. Mater. 22: 584-585
46. Jin, S. H., Park, J. K., Nam, K. Y., Park, S. N., Jung, N. P. (1999) Korean red ginseng saponins with low ratios of protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol saponin improve scopolamine-induced learning disability and spatial working memory in mice. J. Ethnopharmacol. 66: 123-129
47. Kety, S. S. (1970) The biogenic amines in the central nervous system: their possible ioles in arousal, emotion, and learning. In: Schmitt, F. O. (ed.) The Neurosciences, Second Study Program. Rockefeller University Press, New York, pp 324-336
48. Kumar, V., Singh, P. N., Muruganandam, A. V., Bhattacharya, S. K. (2000) Effect of Indian Hypericum perforatum Linn on animal models of cognitive dysfunction. J. Ethnopharmacol. 72: 119-128
49. Lai, Z. C., Moss, M. B., Killiany, R. J., Rosene, D. L., Herndon, J. G. (1995) Executive system dysfunction in the aged monkey: spatial and object reversal learning. Neurobiol. Aging 16: 947-954
50. Levkovitz, Y., Ophir-Shaham, O., Block, Y., Treves, I., Penning, S., Grauer, E. (2003) Effects of 1-tryptophan on memory in patients with schizophrenia. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 191: 568-573
51. LeDoux, J. E. (1993) Emotional memory systems in the brain. Behav. Brain Res. 58: 69-79
52. Li, B., Han, L., Peng, H. S., Tang, Y. L. (2005) Super critical carbon dioxide extraction of Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii oil. Chemistry World 4: 213-215
53. Liao, J. F., Huang, S. Y., Jan, Y. M., Yu, L. L., Chen, C. F. (1998) Central inhibitory effects of water extract of Acori graminei rhizoma in mice. J. Ethnopharmacol. 61: 185-193
54. Liu, W. B., Liu, W. Z. (2005) Disciplinarian investigation of Chinese complex prescription with promoting intelligence in past dynasties. Jiangxi J. Trad. Chin. Med. 36: 62-63
55. Lu, M. C. (2001) Danggui Shaoyao San improves colchicine-induced learning acquisition impairment in rats. Acta Pharmacol. Sin. 22: 1149-1153
56. Luo, J., Yin, J. H., Wu, H. Z., Wei, Q. (2003) Extract from Fructus cannabis activating calcineurin improved learning and memory in mice with chemical drug-induced dysmnesia. Acta Pharmacol. Sin. 24: 1137-1142
57. Magnone, M. C., Rossolini, G., Piantanelli, L., Migani, P. (2000) Neurochemical parameters of the main neurotransmission systems in aging mice. Arch. Gerontol. Geriatr. 30: 269-279
58. Markowska, A. L., Stone, W. S., Ingram, D. K., Reynolds, J., Gold, P. E., Conti, L. H., Pontecorvo, M. J., Wenk, G. L., Olton, D. S. (1989) Individual differences in aging: behavioral and neurobiological correlates. Neurobiol. Aging 10: 31-43
59. Menses, A. (1998) Physiological, pathophysiological and therapeutic roles of 5-HT systems in learning and memory. Rev. Neurosci. 9: 275-289
60. Miller, F. P., Cox, J. RH., Snodgrass, W. R., Maickel, R. P. (1970) Comparative effects of p-chlorophenylalanine, p-chloroamphetamine and p-chloro-N-methylamphetamine on rat brain norepinephrine, serotonin and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid. Biochem. Pharmacol. 19: 435-442
61. Morris, J. C., Storandt, M., Miller, J. P., McKeel, D. W., Price, J. L., Rubin, E. H., Berg, L. (2001) Mild cognitive impairment represents early-stage Alzheimer's disease. Arch. Neurol. 58: 397-405
62. Myhrer, T. (2003) Neurotransmitter systems involved in learning and memory in the rat: a meta-analysis based on studies of four behavioral tasks. Brain Res. Rev. 41: 268-287
63. Newman, M. C., Kaszniak, A. W. (2000) Spatial memory and aging: performance on a human analog of the Morris water maze. Aging Neuropsychol. Cogn. 7: 86-93
64. Ni, Z. X. (1990) Improvement of Ellman assay of AChE in brain. J. NanTong Med. Coll. 10: 239
65. Oh, M. H., Houghton, P. J., Whang, W. K., Cho, J. H. (2004) Screening of Korean herbal medicines used to improve cognitive function for anti-cholinesterase activity. Phytomedicine 11: 544-548
66. Ohno, M., Watanabe, S. (1996) Interactive processing between glutamatergic and cholinergic systems involved in inhibitory avoidance learning of rats. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 312: 145-147
67. Olga, S., Katie, G., Christa, M. D., Courtney, C., Robbins, S. J., Hoffman, J. R. (2006) Effects of Ginkgo biloba administered after spatial learning on water maze and radial arm maze performance in young adult rats. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 84: 17-25
68. Preston, G. A. (1986) Dementia in elderly adults: prevalence and institutionalization. J. Gerontol. 41: 261-267
69. Rai, G. S., Sholvin, C., Wesener, K. A. (1991) A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Ginkgo biloba extract in elderly outpatients with mild to moderate memory impairment. Curr. Med. Res. Opin. 12: 350-355
70. Rapp, P. R., Kansky, M. T., Roberts, J. A. (1997) Impaired spatial information processing in aged monkeys with preserved recognition memory. Neuroreport 8: 1923-1928
71. Rehman, H. U., Masson, E. A. (2001) Neuroendocrinology of ageing. Age Ageing 30: 279-287
72. Riedel, W. J., Klaassen, T., Deutz, N. E., van Someren A., van Praag H. M. (1999) Tryptophan depletion in normal volunteers produces selective impairment in memory consolidation. Psychopharmacology 141: 362-369
73. Ritchie, K., Kildea, D. (1995) Is senile dementia "age-related" or "ageing-related"? Evidence from meta-analysis of dementia prevalence in the oldest old. Lancet 346: 931-934
74. Rubin, E. H., Storandt, M., Miller, J. P., Kinscherf, D. A., Grant, E. A., Morris, J. C., Berg, L. (1998) A prospective study of cognitive function and onset of dementia in cognitively healthy elders. Arch. Neurol. 55: 395-401
75. Stein, L., Wise, C. D. (1971) Possible etiology of schizophrenia: progressive damage to the noradrenergic reward system by 5-hydroxydopamine. Science 171: 1032-1036
76. Stein, L., Belluzzi, J. D., Wise, C. D. (1975) Memory enhancement by central administration of norepinephrine. Brain Res. 84: 329-335
77. Takahashi, R. N., Pamplona, F. A., Fernandes, M. S. (2005) The cannabinoid antagonist SR141716A facilitates memory acquisition and consolidation in the mouse elevated T-maze. Neurosci. Lett. 380: 270-275
78. Tierney, M. C., Yao, C., Kiss, A., McDowell, I. (2005) Neuropsychological tests accurately predict incident Alzheimer disease after 5 and 10 years. Neurology 64: 1853-1859
79. Topic, B., Tani, E., Tsiakitzis, K., Kourounakis, P. N., Dere, E., Hasenöhrl, R. U., Hacker, R., Mattern, C. M., Huston, J. P. (2002) Enhanced maze performance and reduced oxidative stress by combined extracts of Zingiber officinale and Ginkgo biloba in the aged rat. Neurobiol. Aging 23: 135-143
80. Türkmen, S., Löfgren, M., Birzniece, V., Bäckström, T., Johansson, I. M. (2006) Tolerance development to Morris water maze test impairments induced by acute alopregnanolone. Neuroscience 139: 651-659
81. Um, M. Y., Choi, W. H., Aan, J. Y., Kim, S. R., Ha, T. Y. (2006) Protective effect of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb on amyloid β-peptide 25-35 induced cognitive deficits in mice. J. Ethnopharmacol. 104: 144-148
82. Uttl, B., Graf, P. (1993) Episodic spatial memory in adulthood. Psychol. Aging 8: 257-273
83. Wilkniss, S. M., Jones, M. G., Korol, D. L., Manning, C. A. (1997) Age-related differences in an ecologically-based study of route learning. Psychol. Aging 12: 372-375
84. Wilson, C., Nomikos, G. G., Collu, M., Fibiger, H. C. (1995) Dopaminergic correlates of motivated behavior: importance of drive. J. Neurosci. 15: 5169-5178
85. Wu, B., Fang, Y. Q. (2004) Material basis and mechanism of action study on nootropic Acori graminei rhizoma. Chin. Arch. Trad. Chin. Med. 22: 1635-1636
86. Xu, S., Bian, R., Chen, X. (2002) Experimental methodology of pharmacology (3rd version). Peoples' Medical Publishing House, Beijing
87. Yoshifumi, I., Wing, M. K. (2003) Rhizoma acori graminei and its active principles protect PC-12 cells from the toxic effect of amyloid-β peptide. Brain Res. 963: 282-289