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Involvement of the prelimbic prefrontal cortex on cannabidiol-induced attenuation of contextual conditioned fear in rats

Lemos, José Inácio, Resstel, Leonardo Barbosa, Guimarães, Francisco Silveira·2010·Behavioural Brain Research

Abstract

Rationale Systemic administration of cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychotomimetic component of Cannabis sativa, is able to attenuate cardiovascular and behavioral (freezing) changes induced by re-exposure to a context that had been previously paired with footshocks. The brain sites mediating this effect, however, remain unknown. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has been related to contextual fear conditioning.Objectives (1) To verify, using c-Fos immunocytochemistry, if the mPFC is involved in the attenuation of contextual fear induced by systemic administration of CBD; (2) to investigate if direct microinjections of CBD into mPFC regions would also attenuate contextual fear.Results Confirming previous results systemic administration of CBD (10mg/kg) decreased contextual fear and associated c-Fos expression in the prefrontal cortex (prelimbic and infralimbic regions). The drug also attenuated c-Fos expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST). Direct CBD (30 nmol) microinjection into the PL prefrontal cortex reduced freezing induced by re-exposure to the aversively conditioned context. In the infralimbic (IL) prefrontal cortex, however, CBD (30 nmol) produced an opposite result, increasing the expression of contextual fear conditioning. This result was confirmed by an additional experiment where the conditioning session was performed under a less aversive protocol.Conclusion These results suggest that the PL prefrontal cortex may be involved in the attenuation of contextual fear induced by systemic injection of CBD. They also support the proposition that the IL and PL play opposite roles in fear conditioning. A possible involvement of the BNST in CBD effects needs to be further investigated.

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Authors
Lemos, J. I., Resstel, L. B., & Guimarães, F. S.
Affiliations
Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Corresponding author
Guimarães, Francisco Silveira
Venue
Behavioural Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-02
Volume
207
Issue
1
Pages
105-111
ISSN
0166-4328 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2003968300
Cited by
146
References
82
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FWCI
6.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed
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  • Behavioural Brain Research (publishedVersion)
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  • Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
cannabidiol, contextual fear conditioning, fear extinction, prelimbic cortex, infralimbic cortex, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, Fos expression, microinjection, freezing behavior, aversive conditioning, medial prefrontal cortex
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Cannabidiol, Conditioning, Classical, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Electroshock, Exploratory Behavior, Fear, Hypothalamus, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Neurons, Spatial Behavior, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Rats, Wistar, Prefrontal Cortex, Rats

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