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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 28, Issue 14, Pages 3546-3554Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4006-07.2008
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5-HT transporter; REM sleep; development; 5-HT1A autoreceptors; corticosterone; depression; anxiety; stress; knock-out mice
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Dysfunction of the serotonin system is implicated in sleep and emotional disorders. To test whether these impairments could arise during development, we studied the impact of early- life, transient versus genetic, permanent alterations of serotonin reuptake on sleep - wakefulness patterns, depression- related behavior, and associated physiological features. Here, we show that female mice treated neonatally with a highly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, escitalopram, exhibited signs of depression in the form of sleep anomalies, anhedonia, increased helplessness reversed by chronic antidepressant treatment, enhanced response to acute stress, and increased serotoninergic autoinhibitory feedback. This syndrome was not reproduced by treatment in naive adults but resembled the phenotype of mutant mice lacking the serotonin transporter, except that these exhibited decreased serotonin autoreceptor sensitivity and additional anxiety-like behavior. Thus, alteration of serotonin reuptake during development, whether induced by external or genetic factors, causes a depressive syndrome lasting into adulthood. Such early- life impairments might predispose individuals to sleep and/ or mood disorders.
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