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Araujo UC, Krahe TE, Ribeiro-Carvalho A, Gomes RAA, Lotufo BM, Moreira MDFR, de Abreu-Villaça Y, Manhães AC, Filgueiras CC. Forced swimming stress increases natatory activity of lead-exposed mice. Toxicol Res 2021; 37:115-124. [PMID: 33489862 DOI: 10.1007/s43188-020-00045-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Recent evidence points to the relationship between lead toxicity and the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, which suggests that lead exposure could influence how an individual cope with stress. Here we test this hypothesis by investigating the behavioral effects of lead exposure in mice during the forced swimming test (FST), a parading in which animals are exposed to a stressful situation and environment. Swiss mice received either 180 ppm or 540 ppm of lead acetate (Pb) in their ad-lib water supply for 60-90 days, starting at postnatal day 30. Control (Ctrl) mice drank tap water. At the end of the exposure period, mice were submitted to a 5-min session of FST or to an open-field session of the same duration. Data from naïve animals showed that corticosterone levels were higher for animals tested in the FST compared to animals tested in the open-field. Blood-lead levels (BLL) in Pb-exposed mice ranged from 14.3 to 106.9 µg/dL. No differences were observed in spontaneous locomotion between Ctrl and Pb-exposed groups in the open-field. However, in the FST, Pb-treated mice displayed higher swimming activity than Ctrl ones and this effect was observed even for animals with BLL higher than 20 µg/dL. Furthermore, significant differences in brain glutathione levels, used as an indicator of led toxicity, were only observed for BLL higher than 40 µg/dL. Overall, these findings suggest that swimming activity in the FST is a good indicator of lead toxicity and confirm our prediction that lead toxicity influences behavioral responses associated to stress.
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- Ulisses C Araujo
- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Centro Biomédico, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Professor Manuel de Abreu 444, 5 andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550-170 Brazil
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- Departamento de Psicologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica Do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências, Faculdade de Formação de Professores da, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Dr. Francisco Portela 1470-Patronato, São Gonçalo, RJ 24435-005 Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos da Saúde Do Trabalhador E Ecologia Humana, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-210 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Centro Biomédico, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Professor Manuel de Abreu 444, 5 andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550-170 Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos da Saúde Do Trabalhador E Ecologia Humana, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-210 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Centro Biomédico, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Professor Manuel de Abreu 444, 5 andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550-170 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Centro Biomédico, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Professor Manuel de Abreu 444, 5 andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550-170 Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Centro Biomédico, Universidade Do Estado Do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Professor Manuel de Abreu 444, 5 andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550-170 Brazil
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Haider S, Sadir S, Naqvi F, Batool Z, Tabassum S, Khaliq S, Anis L, Sajid I, Haleem DJ. Magnesium treatment palliates noise-induced behavioral deficits by normalizing DAergic and 5-HTergic metabolism in adult male rats. Metab Brain Dis 2016; 31:815-25. [PMID: 26928203 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-016-9811-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Magnesium (Mg) is the fourth most abundant biological mineral essential for good health. Neuroprotective, anxiolytic and antidepressant effects of magnesium following stress and brain injuries are well established. In present study, we analyzed the protective effects of magnesium in rats exposed to sub-chronic noise stress. Magnesium Chloride (MgCl2, 100 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally once daily for 15 days prior exposure to noise stress. Rats were exposed to noise stress for 4 h after administration of magnesium for 15 days. At the end of treatment behavioral alterations were assessed. Animals were decapitated following behavioral testing and the brains were dissected out for neurochemical estimations by HPLC-EC. Improvement in noise-induced memory deficits as assessed by novel object recognition (NOR) test and elevated plus maze (EPM) test was found in magnesium treated rats. This improvement in noise-induced behavioral deficits following treatment with magnesium may be attributed to a significant decrease (p < 0.01) in dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) turnover as compared to control rats observed in present work. These results suggest that treatment with magnesium can attenuate the noise-induced deficits and may be used as a therapy against noise-induced neurodegeneration. Moreover an adequate amount of magnesium in daily diet may help to develop the ability to resist against or cope up with stressful conditions encountered in daily life.
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- Saida Haider
- Neurochemistry and Biochemical Neuropharmacology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan.
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- Neurochemistry and Biochemical Neuropharmacology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Neurochemistry and Biochemical Neuropharmacology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, 74600, Pakistan
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- Neurochemistry and Biochemical Neuropharmacology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal Urdu University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal Urdu University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal Urdu University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Reversal of age-associated cognitive deficits is accompanied by increased plasticity-related gene expression after chronic antidepressant administration in middle-aged mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2015; 135:70-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Azman KF, Zakaria R, AbdAziz C, Othman Z, Al-Rahbi B. Tualang honey improves memory performance and decreases depressive-like behavior in rats exposed to loud noise stress. Noise Health 2015; 17:83-9. [PMID: 25774610 PMCID: PMC4918659 DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.153388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Recent evidence has exhibited dietary influence on the manifestation of different types of behavior induced by stressor tasks. The present study examined the effects of Tualang honey supplement administered with the goal of preventing or attenuating the occurrence of stress-related behaviors in male rats subjected to noise stress. Forty-eight adult male rats were randomly divided into the following four groups: i) nonstressed with vehicle, ii) nonstressed with Tualang honey, iii) stressed with vehicle, and iv) stressed with honey. The supplement was given once daily via oral gavage at 0.2 g/kg body weight. Two types of behavioral tests were performed, namely, the novel object recognition test to evaluate working memory and the forced swimming test to evaluate depressive-like behavior. Data were analyzed by a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using IBM SPSS 18.0. It was observed that the rats subjected to noise stress expressed higher levels of depressive-like behavior and lower memory functions compared to the unexposed control rats. In addition, our results indicated that the supplementation regimen successfully counteracted the effects of noise stress. The forced swimming test indicated that climbing and swimming times were significantly increased and immobility times significantly decreased in honey-supplemented rats, thereby demonstrating an antidepressant-like effect. Furthermore, cognitive function was shown to be intensely affected by noise stress, but the effects were counteracted by the honey supplement. These findings suggest that subchronic exposure to noise stress induces depressive-like behavior and reduces cognitive functions, and that these effects can be attenuated by Tualang honey supplementation. This warrants further studies to examine the role of Tulang honey in mediating such effects.
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Canbeyli R. Sensorimotor modulation of mood and depression: in search of an optimal mode of stimulation. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:428. [PMID: 23908624 PMCID: PMC3727046 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Depression involves a dysfunction in an affective fronto-limbic circuitry including the prefrontal cortices, several limbic structures including the cingulate cortex, the amygdala, and the hippocampus as well as the basal ganglia. A major emphasis of research on the etiology and treatment of mood disorders has been to assess the impact of centrally generated (top-down) processes impacting the affective fronto-limbic circuitry. The present review shows that peripheral (bottom-up) unipolar stimulation via the visual and the auditory modalities as well as by physical exercise modulates mood and depressive symptoms in humans and animals and activates the same central affective neurocircuitry involved in depression. It is proposed that the amygdala serves as a gateway by articulating the mood regulatory sensorimotor stimulation with the central affective circuitry by emotionally labeling and mediating the storage of such emotional events in long-term memory. Since both amelioration and aggravation of mood is shown to be possible by unipolar stimulation, the review suggests that a psychophysical assessment of mood modulation by multimodal stimulation may uncover mood ameliorative synergisms and serve as adjunctive treatment for depression. Thus, the integrative review not only emphasizes the relevance of investigating the optimal levels of mood regulatory sensorimotor stimulation, but also provides a conceptual springboard for related future research.
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- Resit Canbeyli
- Psychobiology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Bogazici University , Istanbul , Turkey
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Bogdanova OV, Kanekar S, D'Anci KE, Renshaw PF. Factors influencing behavior in the forced swim test. Physiol Behav 2013; 118:227-39. [PMID: 23685235 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Revised: 03/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The forced swim test (FST) is a behavioral test in rodents which was developed in 1978 by Porsolt and colleagues as a model for predicting the clinical efficacy of antidepressant drugs. A modified version of the FST added the classification of active behaviors into swimming and climbing, in order to facilitate the differentiation between serotonergic and noradrenergic classes of antidepressant drugs. The FST is now widely used in basic research and the pharmaceutical screening of potential antidepressant treatments. It is also one of the most commonly used tests to assess depressive-like behavior in animal models. Despite the simplicity and sensitivity of the FST procedure, important differences even in baseline immobility rates have been reported between different groups, which complicate the comparison of results across studies. In spite of several methodological papers and reviews published on the FST, the need still exists for clarification of factors which can influence the procedure. While most recent reviews have focused on antidepressant effects observed with the FST, this one considers the methodological aspects of the procedure, aiming to summarize issues beyond antidepressant action in the FST. The previously published literature is analyzed for factors which are known to influence animal behavior in the FST. These include biological factors, such as strain, age, body weight, gender and individual differences between animals; influence of preconditioning before the FST: handling, social isolation or enriched environment, food manipulations, various kinds of stress, endocrine manipulations and surgery; schedule and routes of treatment, dosage and type of the drugs as well as experimental design and laboratory environmental effects. Consideration of these factors in planning experiments may result in more consistent FST results.
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- Olena V Bogdanova
- Brain Institute, University of Utah, 383 Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, UT84108, USA.
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Sub-chronic exposure to noise affects locomotor activity and produces anxiogenic and depressive like behavior in rats. Pharmacol Rep 2012; 64:64-9. [DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(12)70731-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Canbeyli R. Sensorimotor modulation of mood and depression: An integrative review. Behav Brain Res 2010; 207:249-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Revised: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bantsiele GB, Bentué-Ferrer D, Saïkali S, Laviolle B, Bourin M, Reymann JM. Behavioral effects of four antidepressants on an ischemic rat model of emotional disturbances. Behav Brain Res 2009; 201:265-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2008] [Revised: 02/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Burn CC. What is it like to be a rat? Rat sensory perception and its implications for experimental design and rat welfare. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pezuk P, Aydin E, Aksoy A, Canbeyli R. Effects of BNST lesions in female rats on forced swimming and navigational learning. Brain Res 2008; 1228:199-207. [PMID: 18619949 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Revised: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 06/20/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) in the forebrain shows sexual dimorphism in its neuroanatomical connectivity and neurochemical characteristics. The structure is involved in many behavioral and motivational phenomena particularly related to coping with stress. Female rats differ from males in responding to stressful situations such as forced swimming and navigational learning in the water maze. It was previously shown that bilateral damage to the BNST in male Wistar rats aggravated depression as measured by forced swim tests, but did not impair navigational learning in the water maze. The present study extended the findings to female rats demonstrating that bilateral electrolytic lesions of the BNST increased immobility and decreased climbing compared to sham-operated controls, but failed to affect performance in the water maze. Additionally, lesions did not alter behavior in the open field and the elevated plus-maze tests suggesting not only that the modulation of depression by BNST lesions is specific, but also providing support for the view that the BNST may not necessarily be critically involved in anxiety.
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- Pinar Pezuk
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4328, USA
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Boccia ML, Razzoli M, Vadlamudi SP, Trumbull W, Caleffie C, Pedersen CA. Repeated long separations from pups produce depression-like behavior in rat mothers. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2007; 32:65-71. [PMID: 17118566 PMCID: PMC1865504 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2005] [Revised: 10/04/2006] [Accepted: 10/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Long maternal (LMS) versus brief maternal (BMS) daily separations of rat pups from their mothers have contrasting effects on their adult stress responses and maternal behavior by, respectively, decreasing and increasing licking received from their mothers. We hypothesized that LMS decreases pup-licking in mothers by inducing learned helplessness, creating a depression-like state. We subjected postpartum rats to LMS (3 h), BMS (15 min) or no separation (NMS) on postpartum days 2-14. After weaning, mothers were given a forced swim test (FST). LMS mothers exhibited more immobility and fewer escape attempts than BMS or NMS mothers. These results suggest that LMS induces a depression-like state, which may account for the reductions in maternal behavior seen in LMS mothers. Immobility in the FST is recognized as an animal model of depression. Therefore, LMS may be a model of maternal depression.
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- Maria L Boccia
- FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8185, USA.
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Filgueiras CC, Abreu-Villaça Y, Krahe TE, Manhães AC. Unilateral hemispherectomy at adulthood asymmetrically affects immobile behavior of male Swiss mice. Behav Brain Res 2006; 172:33-8. [PMID: 16697475 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2006] [Revised: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/12/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In order to test the hypothesis that behavioral coping with stressful situations is asymmetrically modulated by the hemispheres, we used the unilateral hemispherectomy procedure to assess the relative importance of each hemisphere in the determination of the immobility time during the forced swimming test. Under anesthesia, adult Swiss male mice were submitted to unilateral (right or left) hemispherectomy or sham surgery. Fifteen days after surgery, the immobile and turning behaviors of each mouse were measured during a 5-min forced swimming testing session. In general, while turning activity decreased significantly as the test progressed, an increase in immobility was observed. The unilateral hemispherectomy asymmetrically affected the immobility time in the forced swimming test. Particularly, the increase in immobility time of right-hemispherectomized mice was greater than that observed for sham-operated ones. In contrast, there were no differences in turning activity between the groups. The higher immobility time in males that had their right hemisphere removed supports the hypothesis that the two hemispheres contribute differentially to the behavioral response to stress.
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- Cláudio C Filgueiras
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Centro Biomédico, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Prof. Manuel de Abreu 444, 5 andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20 550 170, Brazil.
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Pezük P, Göz D, Aksoy A, Canbeyli R. BNST lesions aggravate behavioral despair but do not impair navigational learning in rats. Brain Res Bull 2006; 69:416-21. [PMID: 16624673 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2005] [Revised: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is a basal forebrain structure involved in many motivational processes closely linked to stress regulation. The present study investigated the effect of bilateral lesions of the BNST in male Wistar rats on behavioral despair and navigational learning in the Morris water maze both of which present stressful challenges. Compared to controls, BNST-lesioned animals displayed longer duration of immobility in the second of two forced swim tests used to assess behavioral despair but performed similarly in the water maze task. The present results indicate strongly that the BNST is involved in the modulation of behavioral despair. Experimentally induced depression by BNST lesions does not impair learning and memory in the water maze suggesting a possible dissociation between BNST-mediated depression and cognitive performance.
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- Pinar Pezük
- Psychobiology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Bogazici University, 34342 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey
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