期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 21, 期 12, 页码 1109-1113出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyy080
关键词
chronic stress; cognitive flexibility; females; ketamine; orbitofrontal cortex
资金
- National Institute of Health [MH053851]
- Merit Award from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Program [1I01BX003512]
Background: Individuals with stress-related psychiatric disorders exhibit deficits in cognitive flexibility. We have shown that chronic intermittent cold stress induces deficits in reversal learning, a form of cognitive flexibility mediated in the orbitofrontal cortex, that was reversed by ketamine in male rats. Such effects have not been tested in females. In this study, we examined effects of chronic intermittent cold stress and ketamine on reversal learning in females. Methods: Female Sprague-Dawley rats underwent 14 days of chronic intermittent cold and 3 days later received an injection of ketamine (10 mg/kg, i.p.). They were tested on reversal learning 24 hours post-injection. A separate cohort of female rats underwent 14 days of chronic intermittent cold. Three days later they received ketamine and were killed 2 hours post-injection for measurement of the synaptic marker PSD95 in orbitofrontal cortex. Results: Chronic intermittent cold induced a reversal learning deficit in females comparable with that seen in males, which was corrected by ketamine. Moreover, chronic intermittent cold increased PSD95 expression in orbitofrontal cortex, but this increase was not seen in rats receiving ketamine. Conclusions: Chronic intermittent cold stress and ketamine altered reversal learning in female rats similar to effects seen in males. Further, chronic intermittent cold increased PSD95 in orbitofrontal cortex of female rats, indicative of synaptic dysregulation. This effect was attenuated after ketamine administration.
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