Article
Differential influence of rearing conditions and methamphetamine on serotonin fibre maturation in the dentate gyrus of gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).
Department of Neuroanatomy, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Germany.
Developmental Neuroscience (impact factor:
3.63).
02/2002;
24(6):512-21.
DOI:69362
pp.512-21
Source: PubMed
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Article: Postnatal maturation of cortical serotonin lateral asymmetry in gerbils is vulnerable to both environmental and pharmacological epigenetic challenges.
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ABSTRACT: Long-term effects of postnatal differential rearing conditions and/or early methamphetamine (MA) application on serotonin (5-HT) fibre density were investigated in several cortical areas of both hemispheres of gerbils. The aim of this study was twofold: (1) Is the 5-HT fibre innervation of the cerebral cortex lateralised, and (2) if so, do postnatal environmental conditions and/or an early drug challenge interfere with development of 5-HT cerebral asymmetries? For that purpose, male gerbils were reared either under semi-natural or restricted environmental and social conditions, under both conditions once (on postnatal day 14) being treated with either a single dose of MA (50 mg/kg, i.p.) or saline. On postnatal day 110, 5-HT fibres were immunohistochemically stained and innervation densities quantified in prefrontal cortex, insular cortex, frontal cortex, parietal cortex, and entorhinal cortex. It was found that (1) 5-HT innervation in the cerebral cortex was clearly lateralised; (2) direction and extent of this asymmetry were not uniformly distributed over the different areas investigated; (3) both early methamphetamine challenge and rearing condition differentially interfered with adult 5-HT cerebral asymmetry; (4) combining MA challenge with subsequent restricted rearing tended to reverse the effects of MA on 5-HT cerebral asymmetry in some of the cortical areas investigated; and (5) significant responses in 5-HT cerebral asymmetry only occurred in prefrontal and entorhinal association cortices. The present findings suggest that the ontogenesis of cortical laterality is influenced by epigenetic factors and that disturbances of the postnatal maturation of lateralised functions may be associated with certain psychopathological behaviours.Brain Research 10/2004; 1021(2):200-8. · 2.73 Impact Factor -
Article: Epigenetic factors differentially influence postnatal maturation of serotonin (5-HT) innervation in cerebral cortex of gerbils: interaction of rearing conditions and early methamphetamine challenge.
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ABSTRACT: The effects of disjunctive environmental deprivation combined with a single methamphetamine (MA) challenge on postnatal maturation of the serotonin (5-HT) innervation pattern in cerebral cortex of gerbils were studied. Gerbils were assigned to either enriched (ER) or impoverished (IR) environmental rearing conditions. On postnatal day 110, 5-HT was immunostained. The 5-HT innervation pattern of the brain was qualitatively evaluated and provided in graphic form. The densities of 5-HT fibres were quantified in areas of prefrontal, insular, frontal, parietal, and entorhinal cortices of the right hemisphere using digital image analysis. The early MA challenge led to an overshoot of the fibre density in medial and orbital prefrontal cortex and entorhinal cortex of ER animals. IR animals mostly resisted MA effects except of a restraint of the innervation of the insular cortex. In comparison to enriched rearing, restricted rearing caused overshoot maturation of 5-HT innervation in insular and entorhinal cortices. The present data provide evidence for a region-specific postnatal vulnerability of the maturing 5-HT innervation, namely in association cortices. In contrast, both sensory and motor cortices showed no significant changes at all. The results are discussed in context with previously presented findings of alterations of the cortical dopamine innervation depending on both epigenetic factors. In conclusion, both experimental variables together give new insight into raphe-cortical plasticity that may contribute to a better understanding of the role of 5-HT fibre systems in structural maturation of the cortex. Postnatal environment may be involved in individual vulnerability of a variety of mental disorders during adolescence and aging.Developmental Brain Research 01/2004; 146(1-2):119-30. · 1.78 Impact Factor
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Keywords
5-HT fibre densities
5-HT fibre density
5-HT fibre maturation
enriched rearing
fibre densities
hippocampal dentate gyrus
immunostained 5-HT fibres
impoverished rearing
induced MA sensitivity
IR conditions
left hemisphere
mental disorders
neurotransmitter systems
offer new perspectives
pharmacological intervention
pharmacological studies
postnatal MA treatment
previous studies
raphe-hippocampal plasticity
specific conditions