Amphetamine-induced c-fos mRNA expression is altered in rats with neonatal ventral hippocampal damage

dc.contributor.authorLillrank, Sonja M.
dc.contributor.authorLipska, Barbara K.
dc.contributor.authorBachus, Susan E.
dc.contributor.authorWood, Graham K.
dc.contributor.authorWeinberger, Daniel R.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-08T18:12:42Z
dc.date.available2020-04-08T18:12:42Z
dc.date.issued1996-08
dc.description.abstractTo further characterize the mechanisms underlying enhanced dopamine-related behaviors expressed during adulthood in rats with neonatal excitotoxic ventral hippocampal (VH) damage, we studied the expression of c-fos mRNA in these rats after a single saline or amphetamine (AMPH) (10 mgkg, i.p.1 injection using in situ hybridization. The VH of rat pups was lesioned with ibotenic acid on postnatal day 7 (PD7). At the age of 90 days, rats were challenged with AMPH or saline, and the expression of c-fos mRNA using an oligonucleotide probe was assessed 30, 90, and 180 min later. AMPH significantly increased c-fos mRNA expression in medial prefrontal cortex, piriform cortex, cingulate cortex, septa1 region, and dorsolateral and ventromedial striatum in control and lesioned rats. However, this response to AMPH was attenuated 30 min after AMPH injection in all of these regions in the lesioned as compared to the sham-operated rats. No significant changes were seen at other time points. These results indicate that the neonatal VH lesion alters time-dependent intracellular signal transduction mechanisms measured by AMPH-induced c-fos mRNA expression in cortical and subcortical brain regions. Changes in c-fos mRNA expression in this putative animal model of schizophrenia may have implications for long-term alterations in cellular phenotype because of altered regulation of certain target genes.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors thank Dr. Kalpana Merchant for her valuable comments concerning analysis of the data. G.K.W. was supported by a NARSAD grant which is gratefully acknowledgeden_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8855514en_US
dc.format.extent10 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2kvif-rq1t
dc.identifier.citationLillrank, Sonja M.; Lipska, Barbara K.; Bachus, Susan E.; Wood, Graham K.; Weinberger, Daniel R.; Amphetamine-induced c-fos mRNA expression is altered in rats with neonatal ventral hippocampal damage; Synapse 23(4):292-301(1996)l https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8855514en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199608)23:4%3C292::AID-SYN7%3E3.0.CO;2-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/17883
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNational Institute of Healthen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Psychology Department Collection
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dc.titleAmphetamine-induced c-fos mRNA expression is altered in rats with neonatal ventral hippocampal damageen_US
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