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Cognitive enhancing effects in young and old rats of pBC264, a selective CCKB receptor agonist

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Propionyl-BC264, a selective agonist of CCKB receptors, is of value in the treatment of cognitive impairments associated with both normal and pathological ageing and is devoid of anxiogenic effects.
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Rationale: The implication of CCKB receptors in cognitive processes is far from fully understood. Objective: The present study investigated the effect of propionyl-BC264, a selective agonist of CCKB receptors, in young and old rats. Methods: Cognitive functions were studied in a two-trial recognition memory task developed in our laboratory. Results: It was shown that propionyl-BC264 enhanced information processing in young as well as in old rats when injected (10 μg/kg; IP) immediately after the acquisition phase and before the retrieval trial but not before the acquisition trial. This cognitive enhancing effect was blocked by prior administration of L 365,260, a selective CCKB receptor antagonist. Conclusions: In view of the fact that BC264 is devoid of anxiogenic effects, it could be of value in the treatment of cognitive impairments associated with both normal and pathological ageing.

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TL;DR: The peptide cholecystokinin has been shown to mediate pancreatic secretion and contraction of gallbladder and was described in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) as a gastrin-like peptide.
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CCK-B receptor: chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry and pharmacology

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Cholecystokinin and endogenous opioid peptides: interactive influence on pain, cognition, and emotion.

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CCK in anxiety and cognitive processes.

TL;DR: Investigations into CCK-B1 and CCk-B2 systems might be of critical interest, since only one site appears to be responsible for the effects of anxiety, and the improvement of attention and/or memory processes by CCK, through CCK -B2 receptors, could offer a new perspective in the treatment of attention or memory disorders.
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The state of GPCR research in 2004

TL;DR: 20 questions of fundamental importance to the future development of the field are posed to 20 of the world's leading experts on GPCR research, and here are their replies.
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Chronic stress impairs rat spatial memory on the Y maze, and this effect is blocked by tianeptine pretreatment.

TL;DR: Results from Experiment 4 showed that chronic restraint stress impaired spatial memory performance on the Y maze when rats were tested the day after the last stress session and that tianeptine prevented the stress-induced spatial memory impairment.
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TL;DR: The distribution and relative specificity of cholecystokinin receptors in the rat brain was mapped by in vitro autoradiography with [125I]CCK-33 and two distinct binding patterns were identified, suggesting two CCK receptor types.
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