The role of avoidance in modulating single prolonged stress effects on emotional memory in male and female rats.

Autor: Collins B; Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Biddle M; Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Wood DR; Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Boyapati S; Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Barth M; Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Jeun C; Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA., Knox D; Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. Electronic address: dayank@udel.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Behavioural brain research [Behav Brain Res] 2023 Aug 24; Vol. 452, pp. 114579. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114579
Abstrakt: The incidence of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is greater in women than men, but mechanisms via which this difference manifests remain under explored. The single prolonged stress (SPS) rodent model of traumatic stress has been used to identify mechanisms through which traumatic stress leads to deficits in retaining extinction (a core PTSD symptom), but has been mostly utilized in male model systems. Recent studies have observed that SPS leads to changes in persistent fear memory in female rats, though these results are variable. This variability could be driven by changes in behavioral strategy in females during extinction, but this possibility has not been sufficiently explored. To address this, we examined the impact of SPS on freezing and avoidance (a core PTSD symptom) during extinction in male and female rats. In male rats, SPS enhanced acquisition of conditioned freezing, but did not enhance freezing during extinction training or testing. SPS also decreased avoidance during extinction training, but not extinction testing. In female rats, SPS had no impact on conditioned freezing. Avoidance was not observed in control rats, but emerged in SPS/female rats during extinction testing. Furthermore, avoidance was negatively correlated with freezing in female rats (high avoidance associated with lower freezing), but this relationship was disrupted with SPS. The results suggest that introducing avoidance during extinction negates SPS effects on extinction retention in male and female rats, control/female rats engage in avoidance to regulate fear expression, and this relationship is disrupted with SPS.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest None of the authors have any conflict of interest with the data submitted for publication.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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