Dendritic morphology of amygdala and hippocampal neurons in more and less predator stress responsive rats and more and less spontaneously anxious handled controls
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We investigated the neurobiological bases of variation in response to predator stress (PS). Sixteen days after treatment (PS or handling), rats were grouped according to anxiety in the elevated plus maze (EPM). Acoustic startle was also measured. We examined the structure of dendritic trees of basolateral amygdala (BLA) output neurons (stellate and pyramidal cells) and of dorsal hippocampal (DHC) dentate granule cells of less anxious (LA) and more (extremely) anxious (MA) stressed animals (PSLA and PSMA). Handled controls (HC) which were less anxious (HCLA) and spontaneously more anxious (HCMA) equivalently to predator stressed subgroups were also studied. Golgi analysis revealed BLA output neurons of HCMA rats exhibited longer, more branched dendrites with higher spine density than the other groups of rats, which did not differ. Finally, spine density of DHC granule cells was equally depressed in HCMA and PSMA rats relative to HCLA and PSLA rats. Total dendritic length of BLA pyramidal and stellate cells (positive predictor) and DHC spine density (negative predictor) together accounted for 96% of the variance of anxiety of handled rats. DHC spine density was a negative predictor of PSMA and PSLA anxiety, accounting for 70% of the variance. Data are discussed in the context of morphological differences as phenotypic markers of a genetic predisposition to anxiety in handled controls, and a possible genetic vulnerability to predator stress expressed as reduced spine density in the DHC. Significance of findings for animal models of anxiety and hyperarousal comorbidities of PTSD are discussed.
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Neuronal and synaptic remodeling in BLA PNs, along with enhanced glutamatergic transmission, has been repeatedly associated with the negative consequence of stress.
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- Authors
- Adamec, R., Hebert, M., Blundell, J., & Mervis, R. F.
- Affiliations
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Corresponding author
- Adamec, Robert
- Venue
- Behavioural Brain Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 226
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 133-146
- ISSN
- 0166-4328 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3586250
- OpenAlex
- W2150237316
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- 74
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- FWCI
- 2.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Behavioural Brain Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (49490_1, 91548_1)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Keywords
- dendritic morphology, amygdala, hippocampus, predator stress, anxiety, handling, dendritic spine density, basolateral amygdala, dentate gyrus granule cells, stellate cells, pyramidal neurons, Golgi staining, elevated plus maze, acoustic startle response, PTSD comorbidity, hyperarousal
- MeSH terms
- Amygdala, Animals, Anxiety, Behavior, Animal, Dendrites, Handling, Psychological, Hippocampus, Male, Neurons, Stress, Psychological, Rats, Long-Evans, Cell Shape, Rats
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