期刊
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
卷 106, 期 -, 页码 105-111出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.10.003
关键词
Cholecystokinin; Periaqueductal gray; Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Defensive burying behavior
资金
- Institute Politecnico Nacional [SIP: 20110820]
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia [267454, 275849]
- BEIFI-IPN program [20171334]
Cholecystokinin (CCK) is one of the main neurohormone peptide systems in the brain, and a major anxiogenic mediator. The periaqueductal gray (PAG) is a key midbrain structure for defensive behaviors, which could include anxiety, fear, or even panic. The CCK system has wide distribution in the PAG, where the dorsolateral region (DL) participates in active defensive behavior and the ventrolateral region (VL) in passive defensive behavior. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of CCK-8 microinjection into DL-PAG or VL-PAG on anxiety-like behavior through two tests: elevated plus maze (EPM) and defensive burying behavior (DBB). CCK-8 (0.5 and 1.0 mu g/0.5 mu L) presently microinjected into the DL-PAG produced an anxiogenic-like effect on the EPM evidenced by decreasing the time spent/number of entries in open arms compared to vehicle group. Additionally, the latency to burying decreased and burying time increased on the DBB test. Contrarily, CCK-8 microinjected into the VL-PAG resulted in greater open-arm time and more open-arm entries compared to the vehicle-microinjected group. The results on the DBB test confirmed an anxiolytic-like response of CCK-8 into the VL-PAG. In conclusion, CCK-8 microinjected into DL-PAG produced anxiety-like behavior on EPM, and for first time reported on DBB. Contrarily, CCK-8 microinjected into the VL-PAG reduced anxiety-like behavior also for first time reported using both behavioral models EPM and DBB.
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