Chinese Medical Sciences Journal ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 29-37.doi: 10.24920/004087

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Role of Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor in Object Recognition Memory Impairment in Chronically Rapid Eye Movement Sleep-deprived Rats

Kaveh Shahveisi1, Seyedeh Marziyeh Hadi2, Hamed Ghazvini3, 4, Mehdi Khodamoradi5, *()   

  1. 1Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851451, Iran
    2Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6714869914, Iran
    3Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari 48175866, Iran
    4Department of Neuroscience, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari 48175866, Iran
    5Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851451, Iran
  • Received:2022-03-21 Accepted:2022-09-06 Published:2023-03-31 Online:2023-02-28
  • Contact: Mehdi Khodamoradi E-mail:mehdi0khodamoradi@gmail.com

Objective We aimed to investigate whether antagonism of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor (CB1R) could affect novel object recognition (NOR) memory in chronically rapid eye movement sleep-deprived (RSD) rats.

Methods The animals were examined for recognition memory following a 7-day chronic partial RSD paradigm using the multiple platform technique. The CB1R antagonist rimonabant (1 or 3 mg/kg, i.p.) was administered either at one hour prior to the sample phase for acquisition, or immediately after the sample phase for consolidation, or at one hour before the test phase for retrieval of NOR memory. For the reconsolidation task, rimonabant was administered immediately after the second sample phase.

Results The RSD episode impaired acquisition, consolidation, and retrieval, but it did not affect the reconsolidation of NOR memory. Rimonabant administration did not affect acquisition, consolidation, and reconsolidation; however, it attenuated impairment of the retrieval of NOR memory induced by chronic RSD.

Conclusions These findings, along with our previous report, would seem to suggest that RSD may affect different phases of recognition memory based on its duration. Importantly, it seems that the CB1R may, at least in part, be involved in the adverse effects of chronic RSD on the retrieval, but not in the acquisition, consolidation, and reconsolidation, of NOR memory.

Key words: REM sleep deprivation, novel object recognition memory, cannabinoid CB1 receptor, rimonabant

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