Agent for expression of long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission comprising compound having brain somatostatin activation property

摘要

The present invention relates to an agent for the expression of long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission, which contains a compound having a brain somatostatin activation property as an active ingredient and to a screening method of an agent for the expression of long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission, which uses a somatostatin releasing property as an index. The present invention is useful for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of cerebral diseases of dementia, amnesia, manic-depressive psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, psychosomatic disease and the like.