2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Establishment of new psychosedation that can effectively acquire amnesia
Project/Area Number |
25670858
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Surgical dentistry
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Research Institution | The University of Tokushima |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIYAWAKI Takuya 岡山大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科, 教授 (00219825)
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 健忘作用 / シナプス外GABA受容体 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We examined the effects of midazolam and propofol on the function of extrasynaptic GABAA receptor, α5β3γ2 GABAA receptor, that appear to play an important physiological role in the memory process, using Xenopus oocytes expression system. We suggest that midazolam or propofol increased the currents evoked by GABA in oocytes expressing α5β3γ2 GABAA receptor but the currents induced by midazolam was high as compared with that induced by propofol, and that the currents induced by the combination of midazolam and propofol were higher than the sum of each current induced by administration of midazolam alone and propofol alone.
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Free Research Field |
医歯薬学(歯学)
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