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Erschienen in: Brain Structure and Function 7/2018

19.05.2018 | Original Article

Adolescent isolation rearing produces a prepulse inhibition deficit correlated with expression of the NMDA GluN1 subunit in the nucleus accumbens

verfasst von: Megan L. Fitzgerald, Virginia M. Pickel

Erschienen in: Brain Structure and Function | Ausgabe 7/2018

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Abstract

Adolescence is a transition period during which social interaction is necessary for normal brain and behavior development. Severely abnormal social interactions during adolescence can increase the incidence of lifelong psychiatric disease. Decreased prepulse inhibition (PPI) is a quantifiable hallmark of some psychiatric illnesses in humans and can be elicited in rodents by isolation rearing throughout the adolescent transition period. PPI is a measure of sensorimotor gating in which the nucleus accumbens (Acb) is crucially involved. The Acb is comprised of core and shell subregions, which receive convergent dopaminergic and glutamatergic inputs. To gain insight into the neurobiological correlates of adolescent adversity, we conducted electron microscopic immunolabeling of dopamine D1 receptors (D1Rs) and the GluN1 subunit of glutamate NMDA receptors in the Acb of isolation-reared (IR) adult male rats. In all animals, GluN1 was primarily located in dendritic profiles, many of which also contained D1Rs. GluN1 was also observed in perisynaptic glia and axon terminals. In IR rats compared with group-reared controls, GluN1 density was selectively decreased in D1R-containing dendrites of the Acb core. Across all animals, dendritic GluN1 density correlated with average percent PPI, implicating endogenous expression of NMDA receptors of the Acb as a possible substrate of the PPI response. These results suggest that adolescent isolation dampens NMDA-mediated excitation in direct (D1R-containing) output neurons of the Acb, and that these changes influence the operational measure of PPI.
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Metadaten
Titel
Adolescent isolation rearing produces a prepulse inhibition deficit correlated with expression of the NMDA GluN1 subunit in the nucleus accumbens
verfasst von
Megan L. Fitzgerald
Virginia M. Pickel
Publikationsdatum
19.05.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Brain Structure and Function / Ausgabe 7/2018
Print ISSN: 1863-2653
Elektronische ISSN: 1863-2661
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-018-1673-6

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