Unravelling the Link Between Prenatal Stress, Dopamine and Substance Use Disorder
Autor: | Maria Eugenia Pallares, Verónica Pastor, Marta C. Antonelli |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Stress management medicine.medical_specialty CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD Substance-Related Disorders Dopamine Neurociencias Vulnerability Toxicology 03 medical and health sciences Foetal Programming 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy medicine Animals Humans Neurochemistry Psychiatry General Neuroscience Dopaminergic Stressor Brain Cognition Prenatal Stress medicine.disease Substance abuse Medicina Básica 030104 developmental biology Prenatal stress Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects Female Mesocorticolimbic Dopaminergic System Psychology Stress Psychological 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology Substance Use Disorder Vulnerability |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12640-016-9674-9 |
Popis: | Substance use disorder (SUD) refers to the detrimental use of psychoactive substances and it is related to a cluster of behavioural, cognitive and physiological dysfunctions indicating that the individual continues using the substance despite significant substance-related problems. Although it is one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric diseases affecting society worldwide, the mechanism underlying the vulnerability of certain individuals is not well understood yet. It is now widely accepted that, in addition to genetic factors, environmental adversities during critical stages of development of an organism could also be considered as risk factors that contribute to SUD. It has been suggested that prenatal stress (PS) could play an important role in the causal mechanisms of SUD, since it was shown that PS leads individuals to poor stress management and behavioural problems, both of which increase the risk of SUD. It is widely accepted that gestational stress exposure in rats interferes with the correct progeny development. In particular, research in this field points out that the development of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic (DA) system is sensitive to disruption by exposure to early stressors. Interestingly, PS induces behavioural abnormalities that are similar to those observed in individuals that present SUD. Since dysfunction of mesocorticolimbic DA pathway has been reported in both prenatally stressed and SUD individuals, in this review we will summarise the current knowledge supporting that PS may serve as a strong candidate to explain the vulnerability of certain individuals to develop SUD following repeated drug exposure. We will also propose a mechanistic hypothesis to explain PS-induced changes on mesocorticolimbic DA system. Fil: Pastor, Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia "Prof. Eduardo de Robertis". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia; Argentina Fil: Antonelli, Marta Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia "Prof. Eduardo de Robertis". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia; Argentina Fil: Pallares, Maria Eugenia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia "Prof. Eduardo de Robertis". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencia; Argentina |
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