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Neurobiol Stress ; 32: 100666, 2024 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39224830

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe stress-dependent psychiatric disorder characterized by impairment of fear memory extinction; however, biological markers to determine impaired fear memory extinction in PTSD remain unclear. In male mice with PTSD-like behaviors elicited by single prolonged stress (SPS), 19 differentially expressed proteins in the hippocampus were identified compared with controls. Among them, a biological macromolecular protein named deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) was highly upregulated. Specific overexpression of DCC in the hippocampus induced similar impairment of long-term potentiation (LTP) and fear memory extinction as observed in SPS mice. The impairment of fear memory extinction in SPS mice was improved by inhibiting the function of hippocampal DCC using a neutralizing antibody. Mechanistic studies have shown that knocking down or inhibiting µ-calpain in hippocampal neurons increased DCC expression and induced impairment of fear memory extinction. Additionally, SPS-triggered impairment of hippocampal LTP and fear memory extinction could be rescued through activation of the Rac1-Pak1 signaling pathway. Our study provides evidence that calpain-mediated regulation of DCC controls hippocampal LTP and fear memory extinction in SPS mice, which likely through activation of the Rac1-Pak1 signaling pathway.

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Behav Brain Funct ; 20(1): 21, 2024 Aug 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39182120

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BACKGROUND: The Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD, BMD) are neuromuscular disorders commonly associated with diverse cognitive and behavioral comorbidities. Genotype-phenotype studies suggest that severity and risk of central defects in DMD patients increase with cumulative loss of different dystrophins produced in CNS from independent promoters of the DMD gene. Mutations affecting all dystrophins are nevertheless rare and therefore the clinical evidence on the contribution of the shortest Dp71 isoform to cognitive and behavioral dysfunctions is limited. In this study, we evaluated social, emotional and locomotor functions, and fear-related learning in the Dp71-null mouse model specifically lacking this short dystrophin. RESULTS: We demonstrate the presence of abnormal social behavior and ultrasonic vocalization in Dp71-null mice, accompanied by slight changes in exploratory activity and anxiety-related behaviors, in the absence of myopathy and alterations of learning and memory of aversive cue-outcome associations. CONCLUSIONS: These results support the hypothesis that distal DMD gene mutations affecting Dp71 may contribute to the emergence of social and emotional problems that may relate to the autistic traits and executive dysfunctions reported in DMD. The present alterations in Dp71-null mice may possibly add to the subtle social behavior problems previously associated with the loss of the Dp427 dystrophin, in line with the current hypothesis that risk and severity of behavioral problems in patients increase with cumulative loss of several brain dystrophin isoforms.


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Distrofina , Ratones Noqueados , Conducta Social , Animales , Distrofina/genética , Distrofina/deficiencia , Ratones , Masculino , Emociones/fisiología , Miedo/fisiología , Miedo/psicología , Conducta Animal/fisiología , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Ansiedad/genética , Ansiedad/psicología
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Cell Rep ; 43(8): 114468, 2024 Aug 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39106862

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Engrams, which are cellular substrates of memory traces, have been identified in various brain areas, including the amygdala. While most identified engrams are composed of excitatory, glutamatergic neurons, GABAergic inhibitory engrams have been relatively overlooked. Here, we report the identification of an inhibitory engram in the central lateral amygdala (CeL), a key area for auditory fear conditioning. This engram is primarily composed of GABAergic somatostatin-expressing (SST(+)) and, to a lesser extent, protein kinase C-δ-expressing (PKC-δ(+)) neurons. Fear memory is accompanied by a preferential enhancement of synaptic inhibition onto PKC-δ(+) neurons. Silencing this CeL GABAergic engram disinhibits the activity of targeted extra-amygdaloid areas, selectively increasing the expression of fear. Our findings define the behavioral function of an engram formed exclusively by GABAergic inhibitory neurons in the mammalian brain.


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Miedo , Neuronas GABAérgicas , Memoria , Somatostatina , Animales , Miedo/fisiología , Memoria/fisiología , Ratones , Neuronas GABAérgicas/metabolismo , Somatostatina/metabolismo , Proteína Quinasa C-delta/metabolismo , Masculino , Núcleo Amigdalino Central/metabolismo , Núcleo Amigdalino Central/fisiología , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Amígdala del Cerebelo/metabolismo , Amígdala del Cerebelo/fisiología
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav ; 244: 173863, 2024 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39186953

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In addition to cocaine's addictive properties, cocaine use may lead to heightened risk-taking behavior. The disruptive effects of cocaine on aversive memory formation may underlie this behavior. The present study investigated the effects of cocaine on fear memory using a cued fear conditioning paradigm in female Sprague Dawley rats, and further determined the role of D2 receptors in modulating the effect of cocaine on cued fear expression. Animals received six evenly spaced shocks preceded by a tone. The following day, rats were returned to the fear chamber where tones, but no shocks, were delivered. In Experiment 1, separate or concurrent administrations of cocaine (15 mg/kg; i.p.) and the D2 receptor antagonist eticlopride (0.1 mg/kg; i.p.) were given immediately after conditioning trials. It was determined that cocaine administration during the consolidation period diminished the expression of cued fear during the subsequent test day. Concurrent eticlopride administration attenuated this effect, indicating the involvement of D2 receptors in the deleterious effects of cocaine on fear memory consolidation. In Experiment 2, eticlopride (0.05 µg) was infused directly into the ventral hippocampus (VH) after fear conditioning and before cocaine administration. Cocaine continued to disrupt consolidation of cued and contextual fear memory, and concurrent intra-VH eticlopride blocked this effect, thereby demonstrating that VH D2 receptors mediate cocaine-induced impairment of fear memory consolidation. Overall, the present study provides evidence that acute cocaine administration impairs aversive memory formation and establishes a potential circuit through which cocaine induces its detrimental effects on fear memory consolidation.


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Cocaína , Señales (Psicología) , Miedo , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Receptores de Dopamina D2 , Animales , Femenino , Miedo/efectos de los fármacos , Cocaína/farmacología , Cocaína/administración & dosificación , Receptores de Dopamina D2/metabolismo , Ratas , Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Consolidación de la Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Salicilamidas/farmacología , Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Antagonistas de los Receptores de Dopamina D2/farmacología , Antagonistas de los Receptores de Dopamina D2/administración & dosificación , Condicionamiento Clásico/efectos de los fármacos
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J Psychiatr Res ; 178: 59-65, 2024 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39121708

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Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons have been found to substantially associate with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) pathology, however, whether and how these DA neurons affect fear memory management in PTSD individuals remains largely unknown. In this study, we utilized auditory conditioned foot-shock to evaluate the fear memory retrieval and retention characteristics in a single prolonged stress-induced PTSD rat model. We employed chemogenetic technology to specifically activate VTA DA neurons to examine the freezing behaviors responding to the conditioned stimuli. In vivo extracellular electrophysiological analyses were used to identify VTA DA neuronal firing alterations due to the chemogenetic activation. The results demonstrated that PTSD model rats showed comparable fear memory retrieval (Day 2 after the conditioned foot-shock), but significant enhancements in fear memory retention (Day 8 after the conditioned foot-shock), compared to normal control rats. Chemogenetic activation of VTA DA neurons markedly diminished the retention of fear memory in PTSD model rats, which appeared concomitantly with increases in the firing activities of the DA neurons. These findings revealed that PTSD induced the persistence of fear memory, which could be attenuated by activation of VTA DA neurons. It is presumed that VTA dopaminergic signals may serve as a prospective option for PTSD treatment.


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Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Neuronas Dopaminérgicas , Miedo , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático , Área Tegmental Ventral , Animales , Área Tegmental Ventral/fisiopatología , Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático/fisiopatología , Miedo/fisiología , Neuronas Dopaminérgicas/fisiología , Masculino , Ratas , Retención en Psicología/fisiología , Potenciales de Acción/fisiología , Electrochoque/efectos adversos , Memoria/fisiología , Condicionamiento Clásico/fisiología
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Neurosci Bull ; 40(8): 1037-1052, 2024 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39014176

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex mental disorder notable for traumatic experience memory. Although current first-line treatments are linked with clinically important symptom reduction, a large proportion of patients retained to experience considerable residual symptoms, indicating pathogenic mechanism should be illustrated further. Recent studies reported that newly formed myelin could shape neural circuit function and be implicated in fear memory preservation. However, its role in PTSD remains to be elucidated. In this study, we adopted a restraint stress-induced PTSD mouse model and found that PTSD-related neuropsychiatric symptoms were accompanied by increased myelination in the posterior parietal cortex and hippocampus. Fluoxetine, but not risperidone or sertraline, has a more profound rescue effect on neuropsychological behaviors and myelin abnormalities. Further mechanistic experiments revealed that fluoxetine could directly interfere with oligodendroglial differentiation by upregulating Wnt signaling. Our data demonstrated the correlation between PTSD and abnormal myelination, suggesting that the oligodendroglial lineage could be a target for PTSD treatment.


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Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Fluoxetina , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Vaina de Mielina , Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático , Animales , Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático/tratamiento farmacológico , Fluoxetina/farmacología , Fluoxetina/uso terapéutico , Vaina de Mielina/efectos de los fármacos , Vaina de Mielina/patología , Vaina de Mielina/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Oligodendroglía/efectos de los fármacos , Oligodendroglía/metabolismo , Lóbulo Parietal/efectos de los fármacos , Vía de Señalización Wnt/efectos de los fármacos , Inhibidores Selectivos de la Recaptación de Serotonina/farmacología
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Neurobiol Learn Mem ; 213: 107960, 2024 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39004160

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Labilization-reconsolidation, which relies on retrieval, has been considered an opportunity to attenuate the negative aspects of traumatic memories. A therapeutic strategy based on reconsolidation blockade is deemed more effective than current therapies relying on memory extinction. Nevertheless, extremely stressful memories frequently prove resistant to this process. Here, after inducing robust fear memory in mice through strong fear conditioning, we examined the possibility of rendering it susceptible to pharmacological modulation based on the degree of generalized fear (GF). To achieve this, we established an ordered gradient of GF, determined by the perceptual similarity between the associated context (CA) and non-associated contexts (CB, CC, CD, and CE) to the aversive event. We observed that as the exposure context became less similar to CA, the defensive pattern shifted from passive to active behaviors in both male and female mice. Subsequently, in conditioned animals, we administered propranolol after exposure to the different contexts (CA, CB, CC, CD or CE). In males, propranolol treatment resulted in reduced freezing time and enhanced risk assessment behaviors when administered following exposure to CA or CB, but not after CC, CD, or CE, compared to the control group. In females, a similar change in behavioral pattern was observed with propranolol administered after exposure to CC, but not after the other contexts. These results highlight the possibility of indirectly manipulating a robust contextual fear memory by controlling the level of generalization during recall. Additionally, it was demonstrated that the effect of propranolol on reconsolidation would not lead to a reduction in fear memory per se, but rather to its reorganization resulting in greater behavioral flexibility (from passive to active behaviors). Finally, from a clinical viewpoint, this would be of considerable relevance since following this strategy could make the treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with traumatic memory formation more effective and less stressful.


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Condicionamiento Clásico , Miedo , Propranolol , Miedo/efectos de los fármacos , Miedo/fisiología , Animales , Masculino , Propranolol/farmacología , Femenino , Ratones , Condicionamiento Clásico/efectos de los fármacos , Consolidación de la Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Consolidación de la Memoria/fisiología , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Memoria/fisiología , Generalización Psicológica/efectos de los fármacos , Generalización Psicológica/fisiología , Extinción Psicológica/efectos de los fármacos
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IBRO Neurosci Rep ; 16: 168-181, 2024 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39007086

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Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is a lifelong process that involves the integration of newborn neurons into the hippocampal network, and plays a role in cognitive function and the modulation of mood-related behavior. Here, we sought to address the impact of chemogenetic activation of adult hippocampal progenitors on distinct stages of progenitor development, including quiescent stem cell activation, progenitor turnover, differentiation and morphological maturation. We find that hM3Dq-DREADD-mediated activation of nestin-positive adult hippocampal progenitors recruits quiescent stem cells, enhances progenitor proliferation, increases doublecortin-positive newborn neuron number, accompanied by an acceleration of differentiation and morphological maturation, associated with increased dendritic complexity. Behavioral analysis indicated anxiolytic behavioral responses in transgenic mice subjected to chemogenetic activation of adult hippocampal progenitors at timepoints when newborn neurons are predicted to integrate into the mature hippocampal network. Furthermore, we noted an enhanced fear memory extinction on a contextual fear memory learning task in transgenic mice subjected to chemogenetic activation of adult hippocampal progenitors. Our findings indicate that hM3Dq-DREAD-mediated chemogenetic activation of adult hippocampal progenitors impacts distinct aspects of hippocampal neurogenesis, associated with the regulation of anxiety-like behavior and fear memory extinction.

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Elife ; 122024 Jul 18.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39023519

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The dominant models of learning and memory, such as Hebbian plasticity, propose that experiences are transformed into memories through input-specific synaptic plasticity at the time of learning. However, synaptic plasticity is neither strictly input-specific nor restricted to the time of its induction. The impact of such forms of non-Hebbian plasticity on memory has been difficult to test, and hence poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that synaptic manipulations can deviate from the Hebbian model of learning, yet produce a lasting memory. First, we established a weak associative conditioning protocol in mice, where optogenetic stimulation of sensory thalamic input to the amygdala was paired with a footshock, but no detectable memory was formed. However, when the same input was potentiated minutes before or after, or even 24 hr later, the associative experience was converted into a lasting memory. Importantly, potentiating an independent input to the amygdala minutes but not 24 hr after the pairing produced a lasting memory. Thus, our findings suggest that the process of transformation of a transient experience into a memory is neither restricted to the time of the experience nor to the synapses triggered by it; instead, it can be influenced by past and future events.


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Amígdala del Cerebelo , Memoria , Plasticidad Neuronal , Optogenética , Animales , Plasticidad Neuronal/fisiología , Ratones , Memoria/fisiología , Amígdala del Cerebelo/fisiología , Masculino , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Tálamo/fisiología
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38940908

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RATIONALE: Since the precise mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remain unknown, effective treatment interventions have not yet been established. Impaired extinction of fear memory (EFM) is one of the core symptoms of PTSD and is associated with stress-induced epigenetic change in gene expression. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we examined whether the involvement of histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2) in EFM is mediated through brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in the hippocampus, and whether BIX01294, a selective G9a and GLP histone methyltransferase inhibitor, could be treatment for impaired EFM in an animal model of PTSD. METHODS: The single prolonged stress (SPS) paradigm was used to model PTSD. We measured BDNF mRNA levels by RT-PCR, and H3K9me2 levels in the BDNF gene promoters by chromatin immunoprecipitation-qPCR. After undergoing contextual fear conditioning and hippocampal injection of BIX01294, male rats were subjected to extinction training and extinction testing and their freezing times and BDNF mRNA levels were measured. RESULTS: Compared to sham rats, SPS rats showed decreased BDNF mRNA levels 2 h after extinction training, no significant changes in levels of global H3K9me2 prior to extinction training, and increased levels of H3K9me2 in BDNF gene promoter IV, but not in BDNF gene promoter I. Administration of BIX01294 ameliorated the decrease in BDNF mRNA levels 2 h after extinction training and subsequently alleviated impaired EFM in extinction tests in SPS rats. CONCLUSION: We conclude that reduced hippocampal levels of BDNF mRNA due to increase in H3K9me2 levels may play a role in PTSD-associated EFM impairment, and BIX01294 could be a PTSD treatment option.

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Curr Biol ; 34(12): 2657-2671.e7, 2024 Jun 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38810639

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Animals need to detect threats, initiate defensive responses, and, in parallel, remember where the threat occurred to avoid the possibility of re-encountering it. By probing animals capable of detecting and avoiding a shock-related threatening location, we were able to reveal a septo-hippocampal-hypothalamic circuit that is also engaged in ethological threats, including predatory and social threats. Photometry analysis focusing on the dorsal premammillary nucleus (PMd), a critical interface of this circuit, showed that in freely tested animals, the nucleus appears ideal to work as a threat detector to sense dynamic changes under threatening conditions as the animal approaches and avoids the threatening source. We also found that PMd chemogenetic silencing impaired defensive responses by causing a failure of threat detection rather than a direct influence on any behavioral responses and, at the same time, updated fear memory to a low-threat condition. Optogenetic silencing of the main PMd targets, namely the periaqueductal gray and anterior medial thalamus, showed that the projection to the periaqueductal gray influences both defensive responses and, to a lesser degree, contextual memory, whereas the projection to the anterior medial thalamus has a stronger influence on memory processes. Our results are important for understanding how animals deal with the threat imminence continuum, revealing a circuit that is engaged in threat detection and that, at the same time, serves to update the memory process to accommodate changes under threatening conditions.


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Miedo , Hipocampo , Memoria , Animales , Miedo/fisiología , Memoria/fisiología , Masculino , Hipocampo/fisiología , Vías Nerviosas/fisiología , Hipotálamo/fisiología , Optogenética , Ratas/fisiología
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Front Mol Neurosci ; 17: 1386924, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38736483

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The Slitrk family consists of six synaptic adhesion molecules, some of which are associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. In this study, we aimed to investigate the physiological role of Slitrk4 by analyzing Slitrk4 knockout (KO) mice. The Slitrk4 protein was widely detected in the brain and was abundant in the olfactory bulb and amygdala. In a systematic behavioral analysis, male Slitrk4 KO mice exhibited an enhanced fear memory acquisition in a cued test for classical fear conditioning, and social behavior deficits in reciprocal social interaction tests. In an electrophysiological analysis using amygdala slices, Slitrk4 KO mice showed enhanced long-term potentiation in the thalamo-amygdala afferents and reduced feedback inhibition. In the molecular marker analysis of Slitrk4 KO brains, the number of calretinin (CR)-positive interneurons was decreased in the anterior part of the lateral amygdala nuclei at the adult stage. In in vitro experiments for neuronal differentiation, Slitrk4-deficient embryonic stem cells were defective in inducing GABAergic interneurons with an altered response to sonic hedgehog signaling activation that was involved in the generation of GABAergic interneuron subsets. These results indicate that Slitrk4 function is related to the development of inhibitory neurons in the fear memory circuit and would contribute to a better understanding of osttraumatic stress disorder, in which an altered expression of Slitrk4 has been reported.

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Front Psychiatry ; 15: 1387507, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38707622

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Background: The claustrum (CLA), a subcortical area between the insular cortex and striatum, innervates almost all cortical regions of the mammalian brain. There is growing evidence that CLA participates in many brain functions, including memory, cognition, and stress response. It is proposed that dysfunction or malfunction of the CLA might be the pathology of some brain diseases, including stress-induced depression and anxiety. However, the role of the CLA in fear memory and anxiety disorders remains largely understudied. Methods: We evaluated the influences of neurotoxic lesions of the CLA using auditory-cued fear memory and anxiety-like behaviors in rats. Results: We found that lesions of anterior CLA (aCLA) but not posterior CLA (pCLA) before fear conditioning attenuated fear retrieval, facilitated extinction, and reduced freezing levels during the extinction retention test. Post-learning lesions of aCLA but not pCLA facilitated fear extinction and attenuated freezing behavior during the extinction retention test. Lesions of aCLA or pCLA did not affect anxiety-like behaviors evaluated by the open field test and elevated plus-maze test. Conclusion: These data suggested that aCLA but not pCLA was involved in fear memory and extinction. Future studies are needed to further investigate the anatomical and functional connections of aCLA subareas that are involved in fear conditioning, which will deepen our understanding of CLA functions.

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Int J Neurosci ; : 1-12, 2024 Apr 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38598305

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INTRODUCTION: Social inequality conditions induce aversion and affect brain functions and mood. This study investigated the effects of chronic social equality and inequality (CSE and CSI, respectively) conditions on passive avoidance memory and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-like behaviors in rats under chronic empathic stress. METHODS: Rats were divided into different groups, including control, sham-observer, sham-demonstrator, observer, demonstrator, and co-demonstrator groups. Chronic stress (2 h/day) was administered to all stressed groups for 21 days. Fear learning, fear memory, memory consolidation, locomotor activity, and PTSD-like behaviors were evaluated using the passive avoidance test. Apart from the hippocampal weight, the correlations of memory and right hippocampal weight with serum corticosterone (CORT) levels were separately assessed for all experimental groups. RESULTS: Latency was significantly higher in the demonstrator and sham-demonstrator groups compared to the control group. It was decreased significantly in other groups compared to the control group. Latency was also decreased in the observer and co-demonstrator groups compared to the demonstrator group. Moreover, the right hippocampal weight was significantly decreased in the demonstrator and sham-demonstrator groups compared to the control group. Pearson's correlation of memory and hippocampal weight with serum CORT levels supported the present findings. CONCLUSION: Maladaptive fear responses occurred in demonstrators and sham-demonstrators. Also, extremely high levels of psychological stress, especially under CSI conditions (causing abnormal fear learning) led to heightened fear memory and PTSD-like behaviors. Right hippocampal atrophy confirmed the potential role of CSI conditions in promoting PTSD-like behaviors. Compared to inequality conditions, the abnormal fear memory was reduced under equality conditions.

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Cogn Emot ; : 1-17, 2024 Apr 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38625561

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Despite the salient experience of encoding threatening events, these memories are prone to distortions and often non-veridical from encoding to recall. Further, threat has been shown to preferentially disrupt the binding of event details and enhance goal-relevant information. While extensive work has characterised distinctive features of emotional memory, research has not fully explored the influence threat has on temporal memory, a process putatively supported by the binding of event details into a temporal context. Two primary competing hypotheses have been proposed; that threat can impair or enhance temporal memory. We analysed two datasets to assess temporal memory for an in-person haunted house experience. In study 1, we examined the temporal structure of memory by characterising memory contiguity in free recall as a function of individual levels of heart rate as a proxy of threat. In study 2, we replicated marginal findings of threat-related increases in memory contiguity found in study 1. We extended these findings by showing threat-related increases in recency discriminations, an explicit test of temporal memory. Together, these findings demonstrate that threat enhances temporal memory regarding free recall structure and during explicit memory judgments.

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Cell Rep ; 43(4): 114097, 2024 Apr 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38613783

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The rodent medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is functionally organized across the dorsoventral axis, where dorsal and ventral subregions promote and suppress fear, respectively. As the ventral-most subregion, the dorsal peduncular cortex (DP) is hypothesized to function in fear suppression. However, this role has not been explicitly tested. Here, we demonstrate that the DP paradoxically functions as a fear-encoding brain region and plays a minimal role in fear suppression. By using multimodal analyses, we demonstrate that DP neurons exhibit fear-learning-related plasticity and acquire cue-associated activity across learning and memory retrieval and that DP neurons activated by fear memory acquisition are preferentially reactivated upon fear memory retrieval. Further, optogenetic activation and silencing of DP fear-related neural ensembles drive the promotion and suppression of freezing, respectively. Overall, our results suggest that the DP plays a role in fear memory encoding. Moreover, our findings redefine our understanding of the functional organization of the rodent mPFC.


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Miedo , Memoria , Corteza Prefrontal , Animales , Miedo/fisiología , Memoria/fisiología , Ratones , Corteza Prefrontal/fisiología , Masculino , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Neuronas/fisiología , Optogenética
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Cell Chem Biol ; 31(7): 1336-1348.e7, 2024 Jul 18.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38582083

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Phospholipase C (PLC) is a key enzyme that regulates physiological processes via lipid and calcium signaling. Despite advances in protein engineering, no tools are available for direct PLC control. Here, we developed a novel optogenetic tool, light-controlled PLCß (opto-PLCß). Opto-PLCß uses a light-induced dimer module, which directs an engineered PLC to the plasma membrane in a light-dependent manner. Our design includes an autoinhibitory capacity, ensuring stringent control over PLC activity. Opto-PLCß triggers reversible calcium responses and lipid dynamics in a restricted region, allowing precise spatiotemporal control of PLC signaling. Using our system, we discovered that phospholipase D-mediated phosphatidic acid contributes to diacylglycerol clearance on the plasma membrane. Moreover, we extended its applicability in vivo, demonstrating that opto-PLCß can enhance amygdala synaptic plasticity and associative fear learning in mice. Thus, opto-PLCß offers precise spatiotemporal control, enabling comprehensive investigation of PLC-mediated signaling pathways, lipid dynamics, and their physiological consequences in vivo.


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Luz , Plasticidad Neuronal , Animales , Ratones , Humanos , Fosfolipasa C beta/metabolismo , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Optogenética , Fosfolipasas de Tipo C/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Masculino , Células HEK293 , Diglicéridos/metabolismo , Diglicéridos/química , Calcio/metabolismo , Ácidos Fosfatidicos/metabolismo , Ácidos Fosfatidicos/química
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Behav Brain Res ; 468: 115017, 2024 06 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38679145

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Growing evidence indicates a critical role of astrocytes in learning and memory. However, little is known about the role of basolateral amygdala complex (BLA-C) astrocytes in contextual fear conditioning (CFC), a paradigm relevant to understand and generate treatments for fear- and anxiety-related disorders. To get insights on the involvement of BLA-C astrocytes in fear memory, fluorocitrate (FLC), a reversible astroglial metabolic inhibitor, was applied at critical moments of the memory processing in order to target the acquisition, consolidation, retrieval and reconsolidation process of the fear memory. Adult Wistar male rats were bilaterally cannulated in BLA-C. Ten days later they were infused with different doses of FLC (0.5 or 1 nmol/0.5 µl) or saline before or after CFC and before or after retrieval. FLC impaired fear memory expression when administered before and shortly after CFC, but not one hour later. Infusion of FLC prior and after retrieval did not affect the memory. Our findings suggest that BLA-C astrocytes are critically involved in the acquisition/early consolidation of fear memory but not in the retrieval and reconsolidation. Furthermore, the extinction process was presumably not affected (considering that peri-retrieval administration could also affect this process).


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Astrocitos , Complejo Nuclear Basolateral , Miedo , Memoria , Ratas Wistar , Animales , Miedo/fisiología , Miedo/efectos de los fármacos , Astrocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Astrocitos/fisiología , Masculino , Complejo Nuclear Basolateral/efectos de los fármacos , Complejo Nuclear Basolateral/fisiología , Ratas , Memoria/fisiología , Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Citratos/farmacología , Condicionamiento Clásico/efectos de los fármacos , Condicionamiento Clásico/fisiología , Consolidación de la Memoria/fisiología , Consolidación de la Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Amígdala del Cerebelo/efectos de los fármacos , Amígdala del Cerebelo/fisiología , Extinción Psicológica/efectos de los fármacos , Extinción Psicológica/fisiología
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Neuropharmacology ; 252: 109960, 2024 Jul 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38631563

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Small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK) channels, expressed throughout the CNS, are comprised of SK1, SK2 and SK3 subunits, assembled as homotetrameric or heterotetrameric proteins. SK channels expressed somatically modulate the excitability of neurons by mediating the medium component of the afterhyperpolarization. Synaptic SK channels shape excitatory postsynaptic potentials and synaptic plasticity. Such SK-mediated effects on neuronal excitability and activity-dependent synaptic strength likely underlie the modulatory influence of SK channels on memory encoding. Converging evidence indicates that several forms of long-term memory are facilitated by administration of the SK channel blocker, apamin, and impaired by administration of the pan-SK channel activator, 1-EBIO, or by overexpression of the SK2 subunit. The selective knockdown of dendritic SK2 subunits facilitates memory to a similar extent as that observed after systemic apamin. SK1 subunits co-assemble with SK2; yet the functional significance of SK1 has not been clearly defined. Here, we examined the effects of GW542573X, a drug that activates SK1 containing SK channels, as well as SK2/3, on several forms of long-term memory in male C57BL/6J mice. Our results indicate that pre-training, but not post-training, systemic GW542573X impaired object memory and fear memory in mice tested 24 h after training. Pre-training direct bilateral infusion of GW542573X into the CA1 of hippocampus impaired object memory encoding. These data suggest that systemic GW542573X impairs long-term memory. These results add to growing evidence that SK2 subunit-, and SK1 subunit-, containing SK channels can regulate behaviorally triggered synaptic plasticity necessary for encoding hippocampal-dependent memory.


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Hipocampo , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Pirazoles , Canales de Potasio de Pequeña Conductancia Activados por el Calcio , Animales , Canales de Potasio de Pequeña Conductancia Activados por el Calcio/metabolismo , Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Tiazoles/farmacología , Indoles/farmacología , Pirimidinas/farmacología , Memoria/efectos de los fármacos , Memoria/fisiología , Miedo/efectos de los fármacos , Miedo/fisiología , Memoria a Largo Plazo/efectos de los fármacos , Memoria a Largo Plazo/fisiología
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J Affect Disord ; 354: 26-35, 2024 Jun 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38452938

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BACKGROUND: The retrieval-extinction paradigm based on memory reconsolidation can prevent fear memory recurrence more effectively than the extinction paradigm. High-intensity fear memories tend to resist reconsolidation. Novelty-retrieval-extinction can promote the reconsolidation of fear memory lacking neuroplasticity in rodents; however, whether it could effectively promote high-intensity fear memory reconsolidation in humans remains unclear. METHODS: Using 120 human participants, we implemented the use of the environment (novel vs. familiar) with the help of virtual reality technology. Novelty environment exploration was combined with retrieval-extinction in fear memory of two intensity levels (normal vs. high) to examine whether novelty facilitates the reconsolidation of high-intensity fear memory and prevents recurrence. Skin conductance responses were used to clarify novelty-retrieval-extinction effects at the behavioral level across three experiments. RESULTS: Retrieval-extinction could prevent the reinstatement of normal-intensity fear memory; however, for high-intensity fear memory, only the novelty-retrieval-extinction could prevent recurrence; we further validated that novelty-retrieval-extinction may be effective only when the environment is novel. LIMITATIONS: Although the high-intensity fear memory is higher than normal-intensity in this study, it may be insufficient relative to fear experienced in real-world contexts or by individuals with mental disorders. CONCLUSIONS: To some extent, these findings indicate that the novelty-retrieval-extinction paradigm could prevent the recurrence of high-intensity fear memory, and we infer that novelty of environment may play an important role in novelty-retrieval-extinction paradigm. The results of this study have positive implications for the existing retrieval extinction paradigm and the clinical treatment of phobia.


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Extinción Psicológica , Trastornos Fóbicos , Humanos , Extinción Psicológica/fisiología , Miedo/fisiología
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