期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 25, 期 6, 页码 1493-1502出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3293-04.2005
关键词
maternal licking/grooming; stress; voltammetry; prepulse inhibition; catechol-O-methyl transferase; dopamine transporter
In rats, naturally occurring variations in maternal care contribute to the development of individual differences in the behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to stress during adulthood. The dopamine ( DA) projection to the medial prefrontal cortex ( mPFC) plays an important role in mediating stress responsivity and is thought to be involved also in regulating sensorimotor gating. In the present study, we compared prepulse inhibition (PPI) of acoustic startle as well as the left and right mPFC DA stress responses in the adult offspring of high- and low-licking/ grooming (LG) dams. Our data indicate that the offspring of low- LG animals are impaired on measures of PPI compared with high- LG animals. We also observed in low- LG animals a significant blunting of the mPFC DA stress responses that was lateralized to the right hemisphere, whereas in high- LG animals, the left and right mPFC DA stress responses were equally attenuated. Although mPFC levels of DA transporter did not differ between the two groups of animals, mPFC levels of catechol-O-methyl transferase immunoreactivity of low- LG animals were significantly lower than those of high- LG animals. These data provide evidence that variations in maternal care can lead to lasting changes in mPFC DA responsivity to stress and suggest the possibility that such changes in mesocorticolimbic DA function can also lead to deficits in sensorimotor gating.
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