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Chemogenetic manipulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis counteracts social behavioral deficits induced by early life stress in C57BL/6J mice.
Emmons, Randi; Sadok, Tasneem; Rovero, Natalie G; Belnap, Malia A; Henderson, Hannah J M; Quan, Alex J; Del Toro, Noël J; Halladay, Lindsay R.
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  • Emmons R; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Sadok T; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Rovero NG; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Belnap MA; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Henderson HJM; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Quan AJ; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Del Toro NJ; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Halladay LR; Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
J Neurosci Res ; 99(1): 90-109, 2021 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32476178
ABSTRACT
Trauma during critical periods of development can induce long-lasting adverse effects. To study neural aberrations resulting from early life stress (ELS), many studies utilize rodent maternal separation, whereby pups are intermittently deprived of maternal care necessary for proper development. This can produce adulthood behavioral deficits related to anxiety, reward, and social behavior. The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) encodes aspects of anxiety-like and social behaviors, and also undergoes developmental maturation during the early postnatal period, rendering it vulnerable to effects of ELS. Mice underwent maternal separation (separation 4 hr/day during postnatal day (PD)2-5 and 8 hr/day on PD6-16) with early weaning on PD17, which induced behavioral deficits in adulthood performance on two-part social interaction task designed to test social motivation (choice between a same-sex novel conspecific or an empty cup) and social novelty preference (choice between the original-novel conspecific vs. a new-novel conspecific). We used chemogenetics to non-selectively silence or activate neurons in the BNST to examine its role in social motivation and social novelty preference, in mice with or without the history of ELS. Manipulation of BNST produced differing social behavior effects in non-stressed versus ELS mice; social motivation was decreased in non-stressed mice following BNST activation, but unchanged following BNST silencing, while ELS mice showed no change in social behavior after BNST activation, but exhibited enhancement of social motivation-for which they were deficient prior-following BNST silencing. Findings emphasize the BNST as a potential therapeutic target for social anxiety disorders instigated by childhood trauma.
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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Núcleos Septales / Trastorno de la Conducta Social / Estrés Psicológico Límite: Animals Idioma: En Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Núcleos Septales / Trastorno de la Conducta Social / Estrés Psicológico Límite: Animals Idioma: En Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article