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Modulation of sensitivity to alcohol by cortical and thalamic brain regions

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Jaramillo, Anel A., Randall, Patrick A., Frisbee, Suzanne, Besheer, Joyce·2016·European Journal of Neuroscience

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Abstract The nucleus accumbens core (AcbC) is a key brain region known to regulate the discriminative stimulus/interoceptive effects of alcohol. As such, the goal of the present work was to identify AcbC projection regions that may also modulate sensitivity to alcohol. Accordingly, AcbC afferent projections were identified in behaviorally naïve rats using a retrograde tracer which led to the focus on the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), insular cortex (IC) and rhomboid thalamic nucleus (Rh). Next, to examine the possible role of these brain regions in modulating sensitivity to alcohol, neuronal response to alcohol in rats trained to discriminate alcohol (1 g/kg, intragastric [IG]) vs. water was examined using a two‐lever drug discrimination task. As such, rats were administered water or alcohol (1 g/kg,IG) and brain tissue was processed for c‐Fos immunoreactivity (IR), a marker of neuronal activity. Alcohol decreased c‐FosIRin themPFC,IC, Rh and AcbC. Lastly, site‐specific pharmacological inactivation with muscimol + baclofen (GABAAagonist + GABABagonist) was used to determine the functional role of themPFC,ICand Rh in modulating the interoceptive effects of alcohol in rats trained to discriminate alcohol (1 g/kg,IG) vs. water.mPFCinactivation resulted in full substitution for the alcohol training dose, andICand Rh inactivation produced partial alcohol‐like effects, demonstrating the importance of these regions, with known projections to the AcbC, in modulating sensitivity to alcohol. Together, these data demonstrate a site of action of alcohol and the recruitment of cortical/thalamic regions in modulating sensitivity to the interoceptive effects of alcohol.

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Authors
Jaramillo, A. A., Randall, P. A., Frisbee, S., & Besheer, J.
Affiliations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Besheer, Joyce
Venue
European Journal of Neuroscience
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-09-08
Volume
44
Issue
8
Pages
2569-2580
ISSN
  • 0953-816X (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-9568
OpenAlex
W2515371583
Cited by
42
References
80
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA019682)
  • National Science Foundation (DGE‐1144081)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
alcohol sensitivity, nucleus accumbens core, medial prefrontal cortex, insula, c-Fos immunoreactivity, afferent projections
MeSH terms
Ethanol, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Discrimination Learning, Male, Muscimol, Thalamus, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Rats, Long-Evans

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