Histamine H3 receptor inverse agonists/antagonists influence intra-regional cortical activity and inter-regional synchronization during resting state: an exploratory cortex-wide imaging study in mice

组胺 H3 受体反向激动剂/拮抗剂影响静息状态下区域内皮质活动和区域间同步:小鼠的一项探索性皮质范围成像研究

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作者:Sentaro Kaita, Yoshikazu Morishita, Kenta Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nomura

Abstract

The histaminergic system plays a key role in modulating learning and memory, wakefulness, and energy balance. Histamine H3 receptors constitutively inhibit the synthesis and release of histamine and other neurotransmitters. Therefore, H3 receptor inverse agonists/antagonists increase the synthesis and release of these neurotransmitters, enhancing cognitive functions, including memory consolidation and retrieval. Spontaneous neural activity across the cerebral cortex is essential for cognitive function, including memory consolidation. Abnormal spontaneous activity has, in fact, been associated with cognitive dysfunctions and psychiatric disorders. Given the cognitive improvement achieved with the use of H3 receptor inverse agonists/antagonists, we examined the effects of two inverse agonists/antagonists - thioperamide and pitolisant - on spontaneous cortical activity, using in vivo wide-field Ca2+ imaging. Changes in cortical activity, across multiple cortical regions and in inter-regional connectivity, from pre- to post-administration were evaluated using a linear support vector machine decoder. Thioperamide and pitolisant both modified the amplitude distribution of calcium events across multiple cortical regions, including a reduction in the frequency of low-amplitude calcium events in the somatosensory cortex. Graph theory analysis revealed increases in centrality measures in the somatosensory cortex with the use of both thioperamide and pitolisant, indicative of their importance in the organization of cortical networks. These findings indicate that H3 receptor inverse agonists/antagonists influence intra-regional cortical activity and inter-regional synchronization of activity in the cerebral cortex during the resting state.

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