The nooglutil correction of functional disorders of the central nervous system caused by prenatal alcoholization in rats
Trofimov, S.S.; Ostrovskaia, R.U.; Smol'nikova, N.M.; Khromova, I.V.; Krapivin, S.V.; Krylova, A.M.; Kovalev, G.I.; Gaĭnetdinov, R.R.; Liubimov, B.I.; Voronina, T.A.
Eksperimental'naia i Klinicheskaia Farmakologiia 55(1): 18-21
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-2092 PMID: 1305426 Document Number: 390968
Administration of ethanol (5 g/kg/day, per os) to the pregnant rats evoked delayed impairments of the learning and memory in the offspring. Prenatal alcoholization of the animals attenuated the habituation of the exploration behavior in open field, impaired acquisition and retention of active avoidance in a shuttle box, increased slow activity of the EEG spectrum power, disturbed the function of the serotoninergic system in the brain cortex and of the dopaminergic system in the hippocamp. The new nootropic drug nooglutyl (N-5/hydroxynicotinoyl/-L-glutamic acid) administered in a dose of 25 mg/kg/day from the 8th to the 20th day of life prevented the above-mentioned delayed disturbances of higher integrative functions and biochemical processes in rat brain.