Differential blockade of crf-evoked behaviors by depletion of norepinephrine and serotonin in rats
Howard, Owen Carr, Gregory V. Hill, Tiffany E. Valentino, Rita J. Lucki, Irwin
Howard, Owen
Carr, Gregory V.
Hill, Tiffany E.
Valentino, Rita J.
Lucki, Irwin
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/11993
https://doi.org/10.13025/27493
https://doi.org/10.13025/27493
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2008-05-31
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crf, anxiety, burying, grooming, head shakes, norepinephrine, lc, serotonin, corticotropin-releasing-factor, anxiety-like behavior, excessive grooming behavior, defensive burying paradigm, social-interaction test, receptor 1 antagonist, locus-coeruleus, noradrenergic neurons, neuroendocrine responses, stress responses
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Howard, Owen; Carr, Gregory V. Hill, Tiffany E.; Valentino, Rita J.; Lucki, Irwin (2008). Differential blockade of crf-evoked behaviors by depletion of norepinephrine and serotonin in rats. Psychopharmacology 199 (4), 569-582
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Rationale Central administration of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) elicits a specific pattern of behavioral responses resembling a stress-like state and is anxiogenic in rodent models of anxiety. Objectives Specific behaviors evoked by the administration of CRF were measured. The roles of CRF receptor subtypes and that of serotonergic and noradrenergic systems in mediating these responses were studied. Materials and methods Burying, grooming, and head shakes were quantified in rats following intracerebroventricular administration of CRF and urocortin II and after pretreatment with antagonists. The role of forebrain norepinephrine in the behavioral responses to CRF (0.3 mu g) was examined following pretreatment with the neurotoxin DSP-4 and that of serotonin after depletion using systemic administration of para-chlorophenylalanine (p-CPA). Results CRF at 0.3 and 3.0 mu g caused robust increases in burying, grooming, and head shakes, but urocortin II was ineffective. Pretreatment with either antalarmin or propranolol significantly attenuated the CRF-evoked behaviors. Destruction of forebrain norepinephrine pathways blocked spontaneous burying behavior elicited by CRF and conditioned burying directed towards an electrified shock probe. In contrast, depletion of 5-HT selectively attenuated CRF-evoked grooming. Conclusions Overt behavioral responses produced by CRF, burying, grooming, and head shakes appeared to be mediated through the CRF(1) receptor. Spontaneous burying behavior evoked by CRF or conditioned burying directed towards a shock probe was disrupted by lesion of the dorsal noradrenergic bundle and may represent anxiety-like behavior caused by CRF activation of the locus ceruleus. In contrast, CRF-evoked increases in grooming were dependent on serotonin.
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Springer Nature
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