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Palamarchuk IS, Slavich GM, Vaillancourt T, Rajji TK. Stress-related cellular pathophysiology as a crosstalk risk factor for neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders. BMC Neurosci 2023; 24:65. [PMID: 38087196 PMCID: PMC10714507 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-023-00831-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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In this narrative review, we examine biological processes linking psychological stress and cognition, with a focus on how psychological stress can activate multiple neurobiological mechanisms that drive cognitive decline and behavioral change. First, we describe the general neurobiology of the stress response to define neurocognitive stress reactivity. Second, we review aspects of epigenetic regulation, synaptic transmission, sex hormones, photoperiodic plasticity, and psychoneuroimmunological processes that can contribute to cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric conditions. Third, we explain mechanistic processes linking the stress response and neuropathology. Fourth, we discuss molecular nuances such as an interplay between kinases and proteins, as well as differential role of sex hormones, that can increase vulnerability to cognitive and emotional dysregulation following stress. Finally, we explicate several testable hypotheses for stress, neurocognitive, and neuropsychiatric research. Together, this work highlights how stress processes alter neurophysiology on multiple levels to increase individuals' risk for neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders, and points toward novel therapeutic targets for mitigating these effects. The resulting models can thus advance dementia and mental health research, and translational neuroscience, with an eye toward clinical application in cognitive and behavioral neurology, and psychiatry.
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- Iryna S Palamarchuk
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M6J1H4, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Division of Neurology, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Toronto Dementia Research Alliance, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M6J1H4, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Toronto Dementia Research Alliance, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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De Oliveira Sergio T, Wean S, Katner SN, Hopf FW. The role of beta- and alpha-adrenergic receptors on alcohol drinking. Neuropharmacology 2023; 234:109545. [PMID: 37100382 PMCID: PMC11071639 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
Abstract
Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) is characterized by compulsion-like alcohol drinking (CLAD), where intake despite negative consequences can be a major clinical obstacle. With few treatment options available for AUD, there is a significant need for novel therapies. The noradrenergic system is an important hub for regulating stress responses and maladaptive drives for alcohol. Studies have shown that drugs targeting α1 adrenenergic receptors (ARs) may represent a pharmacological treatment for pathological drinking. However, the involvement of β ARs for treating human drinking has received scant investigation, and thus we sought to provide pre-clinical validation for possible AR utility for CLAD by analyzing whether β AR antagonists propranolol (β1/2), betaxolol (β1), and ICI, 118,551 (β2) impacted CLAD and alcohol-only drinking (AOD) in male Wistar rats. We found that the highest dose of propranolol tested systemically (10 mg/kg) reduced alcohol drinking, while 5 mg/kg propranolol reduced drinking with a trend to impact CLAD more than AOD, and with no effects of 2.5 mg/kg. Betaxolol (2.5 mg/kg) also decreased drinking, while ICI 118.551 had no effects. Also, while AR compounds might have utility for AUD, they can also lead to undesirable side effects. Here, a combination of ineffective doses of propranolol and prazosin reduced both CLAD and AOD. Finally, we investigated the effect of propranolol and betaxolol in two brain areas related to pathological drinking, the anterior insula (aINS) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Surprisingly, propranolol (1-10 μg) in aINS or mPFC did not affect CLAD or AOD. Together, our findings provide new pharmacological insights into noradrenergic regulation of alcohol consumption, which may inform AUD therapy.
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Narvaes RF, Nachtigall EG, Marcondes LA, Izquierdo I, Myskiw JDC, Furini CR. Involvement of medial prefrontal cortex canonical Wnt/β-catenin and non-canonical Wnt/Ca2+ signaling pathways in contextual fear memory in male rats. Behav Brain Res 2022; 430:113948. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Dai ZH, Xu X, Chen WQ, Nie LN, Liu Y, Sui N, Liang J. The role of hippocampus in memory reactivation: an implication for a therapeutic target against opioid use disorder. CURRENT ADDICTION REPORTS 2022; 9:67-79. [PMID: 35223369 PMCID: PMC8857535 DOI: 10.1007/s40429-022-00407-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Purpose of the review The abuse of opioids induces many terrible problems in human health and social stability. For opioid-dependent individuals, withdrawal memory can be reactivated by context, which is then associated with extremely unpleasant physical and emotional feelings during opioid withdrawal. The reactivation of withdrawal memory is considered one of the most important reasons for opioid relapse, and it also allows for memory modulation based on the reconsolidation phenomenon. However, studies exploring withdrawal memory modulation during the reconsolidation window are lacking. By summarizing the previous findings about the reactivation of negative emotional memories, we are going to suggest potential neural regions and systems for modulating opioid withdrawal memory. Recent findings Here, we first present the role of memory reactivation in its modification, discuss how the hippocampus participates in memory reactivation, and discuss the importance of noradrenergic signaling in the hippocampus for memory reactivation. Then, we review the engagement of other limbic regions receiving noradrenergic signaling in memory reactivation. We suggest that noradrenergic signaling targeting hippocampus neurons might play a potential role in strengthening the disruptive effect of withdrawal memory extinction by facilitating the degree of memory reactivation. Summary This review will contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying reactivation-dependent memory malleability and will provide new therapeutic avenues for treating opioid use disorders.
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- Zhong-hua Dai
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Olvera MJ, Miranda MI. Specific inter-stimulus interval effect of NMDA receptor activation in the insular cortex during conditioned taste aversion. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2019; 164:107043. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Berta B, Péczely L, Kertes E, Petykó Z, Ollmann T, László K, Kállai V, Kovács A, Zagorácz O, Gálosi R, Karádi Z, Lénárd L. Iontophoretic microlesions with kainate or 6-hydroxidopamine in ventromedial prefrontal cortex result in deficit in conditioned taste avoidance to palatable tastants. Brain Res Bull 2018; 143:106-115. [PMID: 30347263 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Effects of kainate or 6-hydroxidopamine (6-OHDA) lesions in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) on taste-related learning and memory processes were examined. Neurotoxins were applied by iontophoretic method to minimize the extent of lesion and the side effects. Acquisition and retention of conditioned taste avoidance (CTA) was tested to different taste stimuli (0.05 M NaCl, 0.01 M saccharin, 0.01 M citrate and 0.00025 M quinine). In the first experiment, palatability index of taste solutions with these concentrations has been determined as strongly palatable (NaCl, saccharin), weakly palatable (citrate) and weakly unpalatable (quinine) taste stimuli. In two other experiments vmPFC lesions were performed before CTA (acquisition) or after CTA (retrieval). Our results showed that both kainate and 6-OHDA microlesions of vmPFC resulted in deficit of CTA acquisition (to NaCl, saccharin and citrate) and retrieval (to NaCl and saccharin). Deficits were specific to palatable tastants, particularly those that are strongly palatable, and did not occur for unpalatable stimulus. The present data provide evidence for the important role of vmPFC neurons and catecholaminergic innervation of the vmPFC in taste related learning and memory processes.
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- Beáta Berta
- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary; Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, Szentágothai Research Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary; Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, Szentágothai Research Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical School, Pécs University, Pécs Hungary; Neuroscience Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary; Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, Szentágothai Research Center, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary.
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Caynas-Rojas S, Rodríguez-García G, Delint-Ramírez I, Miranda MI. Differential function of medial prefrontal cortex catecholaminergic receptors after long-term sugar consumption. Behav Brain Res 2018; 356:495-503. [PMID: 29920309 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has reciprocal projections with many cerebral structures that are crucial in the control of food ingestion behavior and reward processing; Thus the mPFC has an important function in taste memory recognition. Previous results indicate that long-term consumption of sugar produces changes in appetitive re-learning and suggest that this could trigger an escalating consumption due to the inability to learn new negative consequences related to the same taste. Further evidence suggests that general identity reward value could be encoded in the mPFC. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate in rats whether after 21 days of sugar consumption the increase in sweet taste preference and latent inhibition of conditioned taste aversion (CTA) were affected differentially by pharmacological activation or blockage of dopaminergic and β-adrenergic receptors, in the mPFC, during CTA acquisition. Results showed that after long-term sugar exposure, mPFC activation of β-adrenergic receptors with clenbuterol delayed aversive memory extinction, but the blockade with propranolol or activation of dopaminergic receptors with apomorphine increased CTA latent inhibition and accelerated aversive memory extinction only after acute sugar exposure. Only dopaminergic blockade with haloperidol prevented sweet taste preference expression after long-term sugar consumption, increased CTA latent inhibition and accelerated extinction after acute sugar exposure. Taken together, the present data provide evidence that catecholaminergic receptors in the mPFC after prolonged sugar consumption underwent functional changes related to re-learning and new aversive taste learning.
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- Seraid Caynas-Rojas
- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacología y Toxicología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, 64460, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico.
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Zhu R, Liu X, Shi Y, Wang X, Xue L, Zhao H. Propranolol can induce PTSD-like memory impairments in rats. Brain Behav 2018; 8:e00905. [PMID: 29484264 PMCID: PMC5822589 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Introduction One hallmark symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an inability to restrict fear responses to the appropriate predictor. An infusion of glucocorticoids (GCs) after a high-intensity shock has been shown to induce PTSD-like memory impairments. In addition to GCs, noradrenergic signalling is also recognized as a key biomarker underlying PTSD symptomatology. Methods To explore the role of the noradrenergic system in PTSD-like memory impairments, in this study, various doses of the β-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol were systemically or bilaterally injected into the dorsal hippocampus immediately after unpaired cue-shock contextual fear conditioning, and then the rats were tested 24 h later. Results Interestingly, we found that only low-dose propranolol could induce PTSD-like memory impairments, as rats showed reduced freezing to the correct predictor and generalized fear responses to the safe cues, accompanied by increased NE levels in the hippocampus and altered neural activity within the frontal-subcortical circuit. Conclusion These findings demonstrate that the noradrenergic system is involved in regulating the consolidation of contextual fear memory and that propranolol can dose-dependently induce PTSD-like memory impairments.
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- Rong‐Ting Zhu
- Faculty of Forensic MedicineZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Faculty of Forensic MedicineZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Faculty of Forensic MedicineZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Brain Function and DiseaseZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Translational Forensic Medicine Engineering Technology Research CenterZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Faculty of Forensic MedicineZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Brain Function and DiseaseZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Translational Forensic Medicine Engineering Technology Research CenterZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Faculty of Forensic MedicineZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Brain Function and DiseaseZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Translational Forensic Medicine Engineering Technology Research CenterZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Faculty of Forensic MedicineZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Brain Function and DiseaseZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Province Translational Forensic Medicine Engineering Technology Research CenterZhongshan School of MedicineSun Yat‐Sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Adams WK, Barrus MM, Zeeb FD, Cocker PJ, Benoit J, Winstanley CA. Dissociable effects of systemic and orbitofrontal administration of adrenoceptor antagonists on yohimbine-induced motor impulsivity. Behav Brain Res 2017; 328:19-27. [PMID: 28344096 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
The α2-adrenoceptor antagonist, yohimbine, is commonly used as a pharmacological stressor. Its behavioural effects are typically attributed to elevated noradrenaline release via blockade of central, inhibitory autoreceptors. We have previously reported that yohimbine increases motor impulsivity in rats on the five-choice serial reaction time task (5CSRTT), a cognitive behavioural assessment which measures motor impulsivity and visuospatial attention. Furthermore, this effect depended on cyclic adenomonophosphate (cAMP) signalling via cAMP response element binding (CREB) protein in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). However, the role of specific adrenoceptors in this effect is not well-characterised. We therefore investigated whether the pro-impulsive effects of systemic yohimbine could be reproduced by direct administration into the OFC, or attenuated by intra-OFC or systemic administration of prazosin and propranolol-antagonists at the α1- and β-adrenoceptor, respectively. Male Long-Evans rats were trained on the 5CSRTT and implanted with guide cannulae aimed at the OFC. Systemically administered α1- or β-adrenoceptor antagonists attenuated yohimbine-induced increases in premature responding. In contrast, local infusion of yohimbine into the OFC reduced such impulsive responding, while blockade of α1- or β-adrenoceptors within the OFC had no effect on either basal or yohimbine-stimulated motor impulsivity. Direct administration of selective antagonists at the α1-, α2- or β-adrenoceptor into the OFC therefore produce clearly dissociable effects from systemic administration. Collectively, these data suggest that the pro-impulsivity effect of yohimbine can be modulated by adrenergic signalling in brain areas outside of the OFC, in addition to non-adrenergic signalling pathways within the OFC.
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- Wendy K Adams
- Department of Psychology, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; UBC Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; UBC Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Gonzalez MC, Villar ME, Igaz LM, Viola H, Medina JH. Dorsal medial prefrontal cortex contributes to conditioned taste aversion memory consolidation and retrieval. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2015; 126:1-6. [PMID: 26493441 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is known for its role in decision making and memory processing, including the participation in the formation of extinction memories. However, little is known regarding its contribution to aversive memory consolidation. Here we demonstrate that neural activity and protein synthesis are required in the dorsal mPFC for memory formation of a conditioned taste aversion (CTA) task and that this region is involved in the retrieval of recent and remote long-term CTA memory. In addition, both NMDA receptor and CaMKII activity in dorsal mPFC are needed for CTA memory consolidation, highlighting the complexity of mPFC functions.
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- Maria Carolina Gonzalez
- Laboratorio de Memoria, IBCN, UBA-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1121ABG, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Memoria, IBCN, UBA-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1121ABG, Argentina
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- Grupo de Neurociencias de Sistemas, IFIBIO Houssay, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1121ABG, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Memoria, IBCN, UBA-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1121ABG, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Memoria, IBCN, UBA-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1121ABG, Argentina; Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1121ABG, Argentina.
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Torkaman-Boutorabi A, Sheidadoust H, Hashemi-Hezaveh SM, Zarrindast MR. Influence of morphine on medial prefrontal cortex alpha2 adrenergic system in passive avoidance learning in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2015; 133:92-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 03/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hayes DJ, Duncan NW, Xu J, Northoff G. A comparison of neural responses to appetitive and aversive stimuli in humans and other mammals. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2014; 45:350-68. [PMID: 25010558 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Distinguishing potentially harmful or beneficial stimuli is necessary for the self-preservation and well-being of all organisms. This assessment requires the ongoing valuation of environmental stimuli. Despite much work on the processing of aversive- and appetitive-related brain signals, it is not clear to what degree these two processes interact across the brain. To help clarify this issue, this report used a cross-species comparative approach in humans (i.e. meta-analysis of imaging data) and other mammals (i.e. targeted review of functional neuroanatomy in rodents and non-human primates). Human meta-analysis results suggest network components that appear selective for appetitive (e.g. ventromedial prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmental area) or aversive (e.g. cingulate/supplementary motor cortex, periaqueductal grey) processing, or that reflect overlapping (e.g. anterior insula, amygdala) or asymmetrical, i.e. apparently lateralized, activity (e.g. orbitofrontal cortex, ventral striatum). However, a closer look at the known value-related mechanisms from the animal literature suggests that all of these macroanatomical regions are involved in the processing of both appetitive and aversive stimuli. Differential spatiotemporal network dynamics may help explain similarities and differences in appetitive- and aversion-related activity.
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- Dave J Hayes
- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Canada; Toronto Western Research Institute, Brain, Imaging and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Division of Neurosurgery, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Canada.
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- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Carleton, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada; Centre for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, 276 Lishui Lu, Hangzhou, China
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- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Canada
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- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Canada; Centre for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, 276 Lishui Lu, Hangzhou, China; Taipei Medical University, Shuang Ho Hospital, Brain and Consciousness Research Center, Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; National Chengchi University, Research Center for Mind, Brain and Learning, Taipei, Taiwan
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Uematsu A, Kitamura A, Iwatsuki K, Uneyama H, Tsurugizawa T. Correlation Between Activation of the Prelimbic Cortex, Basolateral Amygdala, and Agranular Insular Cortex During Taste Memory Formation. Cereb Cortex 2014; 25:2719-28. [PMID: 24735672 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Conditioned taste aversion (CTA) is a well-established learning paradigm, whereby animals associate tastes with subsequent visceral illness. The prelimbic cortex (PL) has been shown to be involved in the association of events separated by time. However, the nature of PL activity and its functional network in the whole brain during CTA learning remain unknown. Here, using awake functional magnetic resonance imaging and fiber tracking, we analyzed functional brain connectivity during the association of tastes and visceral illness. The blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal significantly increased in the PL after tastant and lithium chloride (LiCl) infusions. The BOLD signal in the PL significantly correlated with those in the amygdala and agranular insular cortex (IC), which we found were also structurally connected to the PL by fiber tracking. To precisely examine these data, we then performed double immunofluorescence with a neuronal activity marker (c-Fos) and an inhibitory neuron marker (GAD67) combined with a fluorescent retrograde tracer in the PL. During CTA learning, we found an increase in the activity of excitatory neurons in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) or agranular IC that project to the PL. Taken together, these findings clearly identify a role of synchronized PL, agranular IC, and BLA activity in CTA learning.
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- Akira Uematsu
- Frontier Research Laboratories, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan Current address: Laboratory for Neural Circuitry of Memory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Frontier Research Laboratories, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan
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- Frontier Research Laboratories, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan Current address: Department of Nutritional Science and Food Safety, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Frontier Research Laboratories, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan
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- Frontier Research Laboratories, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan
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Olszewski PK, Waas JR, Brooks LL, Herisson F, Levine AS. Oxytocin receptor blockade reduces acquisition but not retrieval of taste aversion and blunts responsiveness of amygdala neurons to an aversive stimulus. Peptides 2013; 50:36-41. [PMID: 24063812 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
When gastrointestinal sickness induced by toxin injection is associated with exposure to novel food, the animal acquires a conditioned taste aversion (CTA). Malaise is accompanied by a surge in oxytocin release and in oxytocin neuronal activity; however, it is unclear whether oxytocin is a key facilitator of aversion or merely its marker. Herein we investigated whether blockade of the oxytocin receptor with the blood-brain barrier penetrant oxytocin receptor antagonist L-368,899 is detrimental for the acquisition and/or retrieval of lithium chloride (LiCl)-dependent CTA to a saccharin solution in mice. We also examined whether L-368,899 given prior to LiCl affects neuronal activity defined through c-Fos immunohistochemistry in select brain sites facilitating CTA acquisition. L-368,899 given prior to LiCl caused a 30% increase in saccharin solution intake in a two-bottle test, but when the antagonist was administered before the two-bottle test, it failed to diminish the retrieval of an existing CTA. LiCl administration increased c-Fos expression in the hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, area postrema, nucleus of the solitary tract and basolateral and central (CNA) nuclei of the amygdala. L-368,899 injected before LiCl reduced the number of c-Fos positive CNA neurons and brought it down to levels similar to those observed in mice treated only with L-368,899. We conclude that oxytocin is one of the key components in acquisition of LiCl-induced CTA and the aversive response can be alleviated by the oxytocin receptor blockade. Oxytocin receptor antagonism blunts responsiveness of CNA to peripherally injected LiCl.
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- Pawel K Olszewski
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand; Minnesota Obesity Center, St. Paul, MN 55117, USA.
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Liu Y, Liang X, Ren WW, Li BM. Expression of β1- and β2-adrenoceptors in different subtypes of interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of mice. Neuroscience 2013; 257:149-57. [PMID: 24215978 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.10.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2013] [Revised: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Noradrenaline acting via β-adrenoceptors (β-ARs) in the CNS plays an important role in learning/memory and cognitive functions. β-ARs have been shown to be expressed in cortical pyramidal and subcortical principal cells. However, little is known about β-AR expression in different subtypes of GABAergic neurons. Here, we report that both β1- and β2-ARs are expressed in a majority of GABAergic interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of mice, including parvalbumin (PV)-, calretinin (CR)-, calbindin D-28k (CB)-, somatostatin (SST)- and Reelin-immunoreactive (ir) interneurons. Relative to PV-, CB-, SST- and Reelin-ir interneurons, CR-ir interneurons are less likely to express β1- and β2-ARs. SST-ir interneurons are more likely to express β2-AR compared with the other subtypes of interneurons. The present results are of significance for understanding the role of β-ARs in prefrontal cortical functions.
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- Y Liu
- Institute of Neurobiology and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Neurobiology and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Center for Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China.
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