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Abstract: Postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptors (5-HT1AR) play an important role in anxiety and stress, although their contribution is still controversial. Previous studies report that mice overexpressing postsynaptic 5-HT1ARs show no changes in basal anxiety, though the influence of stress conditions has not been addressed yet. In this study, we used this animal model to evaluate the role of 5-HT1ARs in anxiety response after pre-exposure to an acute stressor. Under basal conditions, 5-HT1AR overexpressing animals presented high corticosterone levels and a lower mineralocorticoid/glucocorticoid receptor ratio. After pre-exposure to a single stressor, they showed a high anxiety-like response, associated with a blunted increase in corticosterone levels and higher c-Fos activation in the prefrontal cortex. Moreover, these mice also presented a lack of downregulation of hippocampal long-term potentiation after stress exposure. Therefore, higher postsynaptic 5-HT1AR activation might predispose to a high anxious phenotype and an impaired stress coping behavior.
Fuente: ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2017, 8(11), 2393-2401
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Publication date: 15/11/2017
No. of pages: 9
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00156
ISSN: 1948-7193
Spanish project: SAF2011-25020 ; SAF2015-67457-R
Publication Url: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00156
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MARIA FUENCISLA PILAR CUELLAR
VIDAL, REBECA
ALVARO MARCELINO DIAZ MARTINEZ
EMILIO GARRO MARTINEZ
RAQUEL LINGE MENDEZ
MARIA ELENA CASTRO FERNANDEZ
HABERZETTL, ROBERT
FINK, HEIDRUN
BERT, BETTINA
BROSDA, JAN
BEATRIZ ROMERO PRESNO
BENEDICTO CRESPO FACORRO
ANGEL PAZOS CARRO
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