Superior long-term synaptic memory induced by combining dual pharmacological activation of PKA and ERK with an enhanced training protocol
Open Access
- 15 June 2017
- journal article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Learning & Memory
- Vol. 24 (7), 289-297
- https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.044834.116
Abstract
Developing treatment strategies to enhance memory is an important goal of neuroscience research. Activation of multiple biochemical signaling cascades, such as the protein kinase A (PKA) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathways, is necessary to induce long-term synaptic facilitation (LTF), a correlate of long-term memory (LTM). Previously, a computational model was developed which correctly predicted a novel enhanced training protocol that augmented LTF by searching for the protocol with maximal overlap of PKA and ERK activation. The present study focused on pharmacological approaches to enhance LTF. Combining an ERK activator, NSC, and a PKA activator, rolipram, enhanced LTF to a greater extent than did either drug alone. An even greater increase in LTF occurred when rolipram and NSC were combined with the Enhanced protocol. These results indicate superior memory can be achieved by enhanced protocols that take advantage of the structure and dynamics of the biochemical cascades underlying memory formation, used in conjunction with combinatorial pharmacology.Keywords
Funding Information
- NIH (NS019895)
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