Journal
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 325, Issue -, Pages 25-33Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.02.028
Keywords
Ventral hippocampus; Laterality; Anxiety; Successive alleys test; Lesion; C-fos
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- JSPS KAKENHI [24223004, 26115513, 16H01283, 16H02061]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16H02061, 16H01283, 26115513] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Many studies suggest that animals exhibit lateralized behaviors during aversive situations, and almost all animals exhibit right hemisphere-dominant behaviors associated with fear or anxiety. However, which brain structure in each hemisphere underlies such lateralized function is unclear. In this study, we focused on the hippocampus and investigated the effects of bilateral and unilateral lesions of the ventral hippocampus (VH) on anxiety-like behavior using the successive alleys test. We also examined the expression of c-fos in the VH, which was induced by an aversive situation. Results revealed that consistent right VH dominance trended with the anxiety level. Weaker anxiety induced both right and left VH functions, whereas stronger anxiety induced right VH function. From these results, we conclude that animals are able to adaptively regulate their behaviors to avoid aversive stimuli by changing the functional dominance of their left and right VH. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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