کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10138261 1645886 2019 41 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Chronic corticosterone increases ΔFOSB and CRFR1 immunoreactivity in brain regions that modulate aversive conditioning
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Chronic corticosterone increases ΔFOSB and CRFR1 immunoreactivity in brain regions that modulate aversive conditioning
چکیده انگلیسی
Previous studies showed that chronic treatment with corticosterone facilitates elevated T-maze (ETM) inhibitory avoidance and a step-down avoidance task, responses that have been used to investigate aversive conditioning and memory processes. On the other hand, chronic corticosterone does not alter ETM escape from the open arms. The purpose of the present study was to further investigate the effects of chronic corticosterone treatment (200 mg pellets, 21-day release) in an animal model of anxiety that does not involve aversive conditioning: the light/dark transition model. We also investigated the pattern of ΔFosB immunoreactivity (ΔFosB-ir) in different brain regions. To examine how treatment with chronic corticosterone interferes with CRFR1 expression we measured CRFR1 in the same brain structures that exhibited increased ΔFosB-ir. Results showed that chronic treatment with corticosterone did not alter behavioral measurements performed in the light/dark transition model. On the other hand, ΔFosB-ir was increased in several structures that modulate aversive conditioning: the cingulate cortex, the ventro and dorsolateral septum, the amygdala, the paraventricular, dorsomedial and ventromedial hypothalamus, the periaqueductal grey matter, the dorsal raphe, and the median raphe nucleus. Chronic treatment with corticosterone also increased CRFR1-immunoreactivity in the ventrolateral septum, central amygdala, dorsomedial hypothalamus, ventral region of the dorsal raphe and median raphe. These results contribute to a better understanding of the behavioral and neurobiological alterations induced by chronic exposure to glucocorticoids.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Behavioural Brain Research - Volume 356, 1 January 2019, Pages 107-119
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