期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 34, 期 16, 页码 5468-5476出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0014-14.2014
关键词
COMT; decision-making; delay discounting; dopamine; estrogen; impulsivity
资金
- National Institutes of Health [UL1RR025747, KL2RR025746, P60AA011605, T32NS007431, F31AA020132]
- University of North Carolina Lindquist Faculty Award
A variety of evidence suggests that, among humans, the individual tendency to choose immediate rewards (Now) over larger, delayed rewards (Later), or Now bias, varies with frontal dopamine (DA) levels. As cyclic elevations in estradiol (E+) modulate other frontal DA-dependent behaviors, we tested ovarian cycle effects on Now bias, and whether any such effects are E+ mediated. To do so, we quantifiedNow/Later choice behavior in naturally cycling adult females (n = 87; ages 18-40 years) during both the menstrual phase (MP; cycle day 1-2; lowE+), and the follicular phase (FP; cycle day 11-12; highE+). Nowbias decreased an average of 3.6% fromMPtoFP(p = 0.006). Measures of salivary E+ levels at each visit were available in a subsample of participants (n = 34). Participants with a verified E+ rise from MP to FP showed significantly greater decreases in Now bias at mid-cycle (n = 23) than those without a rise (n = 11; p = 0.03); Nowbias decreased an average of 10.2% in the E+ rise group but increased an average of 7.9% in the no E+ rise group. The change in Now bias from MP to FP inversely correlated with the change in E + (rho = -0.39; p = 0.023), an effect driven by individuals with putatively lower frontal DA based on genotype at the Val(158) Met polymorphism in the COMT gene. This is the first demonstration that intertemporal choice varies across the ovarian cycle, with Now bias declining at mid-cycle, when fertility peaks. Moreover, our data suggest that the interacting effects of estradiol and frontal DA mediate this cycle effect on decision making.
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