Satoru Suzuki, Akito Kataoka* and Masayoshi Furushiro
Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, 1796 Yaho, Kunitachi,
Tokyo 186-8650, Japan
*ĘTo whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract: The effect of intracerebroventricularly administered
soybean lecithin transphosphatidylated phosphatidylserine (SB-tPS) on memory
impairment was evaluated by a passive avoidance task. SB-tPS significantly
prolonged the step-through latency induced by scopolamine treatment as in
our previous report where SB-tPS was orally administered. The same doses
of soybean phosphatidylcholine were ineffective. This result indicates that
SB-tPS can act on the brain without any peripheral modification.
Keywords: Phosphatidylserine, Intracerebroventricular administration,
Scopolamine-induced amnesia
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