Experimenters' sex modulates mouse behaviors and neural responses to ketamine via corticotropin releasing factor.
Nat Neurosci
; 25(9): 1191-1200, 2022 09.
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ABSTRACT
We show that the sex of human experimenters affects mouse behaviors and responses following administration of the rapid-acting antidepressant ketamine and its bioactive metabolite (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine. Mice showed aversion to the scent of male experimenters, preference for the scent of female experimenters and increased stress susceptibility when handled by male experimenters. This human-male-scent-induced aversion and stress susceptibility was mediated by the activation of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neurons in the entorhinal cortex that project to hippocampal area CA1. Exposure to the scent of male experimenters before ketamine administration activated CA1-projecting entorhinal cortex CRF neurons, and activation of this CRF pathway modulated in vivo and in vitro antidepressant-like effects of ketamine. A better understanding of the specific and quantitative contributions of the sex of human experimenters to study outcomes in rodents may improve replicability between studies and, as we have shown, reveal biological and pharmacological mechanisms.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Investigadores
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Conducta Animal
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Caracteres Sexuales
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Ketamina
Límite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Nat Neurosci
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos