Chronic psychosocial stress impairs learning and memory and increases sensitivity to yohimbine in adult rats

被引:129
作者
Park, CR
Campbell, AM
Diamond, DM
机构
[1] Univ S Florida, Dept Psychol, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
[2] Univ S Florida, Dept Pharmacol, Tampa, FL USA
[3] Univ S Florida, Neurosci Program, Tampa, FL USA
[4] VA Hosp, Med Res Serv, Tampa, FL USA
关键词
psychological stress; yohimbine; anxiety disorders; memory; rat; animal model;
D O I
10.1016/S0006-3223(01)01255-0
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Background: It is well known that intense and prolonged stress can produce cognitive impairments and hippocampal damage and increase noradrenergic activity in humans. This study investigated the hypothesis that chronic psychosocial stress would affect behavior, drug sensitivity, and hippocampal-dependent learning and memory, in rats. The work provides a novel connection between animal and human studies by evaluating the effects of stress on a rat's response to Yohimbine, an a, adrenergic receptor antagonist. Methods: Rats were exposed to a cat for 5 weeks and randomly housed with a different group of cohorts each day (psychosocial stress). The effects of the stress manipulations were then assessed on open field behavior, spatial learning and memory in the radial ann water maze and the behavioral response to a low dose of yohimbine (1.5 mg/kg). Results: Stressed rats displayed impaired habituation to a novel environment, heightened anxiety, and increased sensitivity to yohimbine. In addition, the stressed rats exhibited impaired learning and memory. Conclusions: There are commonalities between the current findings on stressed rats and from studies on traumatized people. Thus, psychosocial stress manipulations in rats may yield insight into the basis of cognitive and neuroendocrine disturbances that commonly occur in people with anxiety disorders. Biol Psychiatry 2001;50: 994-1004 (C) 2001 Society of Biological Psychiatry.
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页码:994 / 1004
页数:11
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