Mitragynine (Kratom) impairs spatial learning and hippocampal synaptic transmission in rats.
Zurina HassanFarah W SuhaimiSurash RamanathanKing-Hwa LingMohamad A EffendyChristian P MüllerHans C DringenbergPublished in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2019)
These data suggest that high doses of mitragynine (5 and 10 mg/kg) cause memory deficits, possibly via inhibition of Ca2+ influx and disruption of hippocampal synaptic transmission and long-term potentiation induction.