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Niezgoda J, Tischner M. Intensity of Stress Reactions during Short-Term Isolation of Mothers from Foals1. Biol Reprod 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/52.monograph_series1.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Józef Niezgoda
- Departments of Physiology and Animal Reproduction, University of Agriculture 30–059 Kraków, Poland
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- Departments of Physiology and Animal Reproduction, University of Agriculture 30–059 Kraków, Poland
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Takanari J, Sato A, Waki H, Miyazaki S, Uebaba K, Hisajima T. Effects of AHCC® on Immune and Stress Responses in Healthy Individuals. J Evid Based Integr Med 2018; 23:2156587218756511. [PMID: 29558822 PMCID: PMC8842390 DOI: 10.1177/2156587218756511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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AHCC® is a functional food from the basidiomycete Lentinula edodes. We evaluated the effects of AHCC® on subjects under different kinds of stress and at rest. Physical stress was imposed using an active standing test, known as Schellong’s test. Sympathetic nervous activity in the standing position was significantly greater in AHCC®-treated subjects than in a placebo group. In contrast, AHCC® significantly increased parasympathetic nervous activity at rest. Under mental stress, AHCC® increased sympathetic nervous activity, with no difference in the parasympathetic nervous system. In subjects with chronic mental stress, self-reported “initiation and maintenance of sleep” was significantly greater in the AHCC®-intake period than in the placebo intake period, and natural killer cell activity also increased after AHCC® intake, suggesting a possible mechanism of action of AHCC®. Our findings indicate that AHCC® is potentially effective in stress management and may be useful in the treatment of depression.
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- Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan
- Research Institute of Oriental Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan
- Research Institute of Oriental Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan
- Research Institute of Oriental Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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In this review, nonassociative learning is advanced as an organizing principle to draw together findings from both sympathetic-adrenal medullary and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis responses to chronic intermittent exposure to a variety of stressors. Studies of habituation, facilitation and sensitization of stress effector systems are reviewed and linked to an animal's prior experience with a given stressor, the intensity of the stressor and the appraisal by the animal of its ability to mobilize physiological systems to adapt to the stressor. Brain pathways that regulate physiological and behavioral responses to stress are discussed, especially in light of their regulation of nonassociative processes in chronic intermittent stress. These findings may have special relevance to various psychiatric diseases, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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- Richard McCarty
- a Department of Psychology , Vanderbilt University , Nashville , TN , USA
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Suh HW, Sim YB, Park SH, Sharma N, Im HJ, Hong JS. Effect of pertussis toxin pretreated centrally on blood glucose level induced by stress. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2016; 20:467-76. [PMID: 27610033 PMCID: PMC5014993 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2016.20.5.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In the present study, we examined the effect of pertussis toxin (PTX) administered centrally in a variety of stress-induced blood glucose level. Mice were exposed to stress after the pretreatment of PTX (0.05 or 0.1 µg) i.c.v. or i.t. once for 6 days. Blood glucose level was measured at 0, 30, 60 and 120 min after stress stimulation. The blood glucose level was increased in all stress groups. The blood glucose level reached at maximum level after 30 min of stress stimulation and returned to a normal level after 2 h of stress stimulation in restraint stress, physical, and emotional stress groups. The blood glucose level induced by cold-water swimming stress was gradually increased up to 1 h and returned to the normal level. The intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) or intrathecal (i.t.) pretreatment with PTX, a Gi inhibitor, alone produced a hypoglycemia and almost abolished the elevation of the blood level induced by stress stimulation. The central pretreatment with PTX caused a reduction of plasma insulin level, whereas plasma corticosterone level was further up-regulated in all stress models. Our results suggest that the hyperglycemia produced by physical stress, emotional stress, restraint stress, and the cold-water swimming stress appear to be mediated by activation of centrally located PTX-sensitive G proteins. The reduction of blood glucose level by PTX appears to due to the reduction of plasma insulin level. The reduction of blood glucose level by PTX was accompanied by the reduction of plasma insulin level. Plasma corticosterone level up-regulation by PTX in stress models may be due to a blood glucose homeostatic mechanism.
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- Hong-Won Suh
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea.; Adult Stem Cell Research Center in Kangstem Biotech, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
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- College of Physical Education, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Korea
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- Department of Physical Education, College of Natural Science, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
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TAKANARI J, NAKAHIGASHI J, SATO A, WAKI H, MIYAZAKI S, UEBABA K, HISAJIMA T. Effect of Enzyme-Treated Asparagus Extract (ETAS) on Psychological Stress in Healthy Individuals. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2016; 62:198-205. [DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.62.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Teikyo Heisei University
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Teikyo Heisei University
- Faculty of Health Care, Teikyo Heisei University
- Research Institute of Oriental Medicine, Teikyo Heisei University
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Teikyo Heisei University
- Faculty of Health Care, Teikyo Heisei University
- Research Institute of Oriental Medicine, Teikyo Heisei University
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Teikyo Heisei University
- Faculty of Health Care, Teikyo Heisei University
- Research Institute of Oriental Medicine, Teikyo Heisei University
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Hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor is centrally involved in learning under moderate stress. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013; 38:1825-32. [PMID: 23568325 PMCID: PMC3717532 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neuropeptide is found to have a pivotal role in the regulation of the behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to stressful challenges. Here, we studied the involvement of the hypothalamic CRF in learning under stressful conditions. We have used a site-specific viral approach to knockdown (KD) CRF expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). The two-way shuttle avoidance (TWSA) task was chosen to assess learning and memory under stressful conditions. Control animals learned to shuttle from one side to the other to avoid electrical foot shock by responding to a tone. Novel object and social recognition tasks were used to assess memory under less stressful conditions. KD of PVN-CRF expression decreased the number of avoidance responses in a TWSA session under moderate (0.8 mA), but not strong (1.5 mA), stimulus intensity compared to control rats. On the other hand, KD of PVN-CRF had no effect on memory performance in the less stressful novel object or social recognition tasks. Interestingly, basal or stress-induced corticosterone levels in CRF KD rats were not significantly different from controls. Taken together, the data suggest that the observed impairment was not a result of alteration in HPA axis activity, but rather due to reduced PVN-CRF activity on other brain areas. We propose that hypothalamic CRF is centrally involved in learning under moderate stressful challenge. Under 'basal' (less stressful) conditions or when the intensity of the stress is more demanding, central CRF ceases to be the determinant factor, as was indicated by performances in the TWSA with higher stimulus intensity or in the less stressful tasks of object and social recognition.
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Zamora-González EO, Santerre A, Palomera-Avalos V, Morales-Villagrán A. A chronic combinatory stress model that activates the HPA axis and avoids habituation in BALB/C mice. J Neurosci Methods 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Lucas LR, Dragisic T, Duwaerts CC, Swiatkowski M, Suzuki H. Effects of recovery from immobilization stress on striatal preprodynorphin- and kappa opioid receptor-mRNA levels of the male rat. Physiol Behav 2011; 104:972-80. [PMID: 21723305 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Previously, we have reported that brain regions that are thought to be involved in motivated behavior are altered in animals undergoing repeated exposures to immobilization stress. The goal of the present study was to determine the effects of recovery from this type of stress on these same mesolimbic brain regions. For this purpose, adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were initially exposed to immobilization stress either once (2 h) or repeatedly (2 h×10 days). Rats were then either allowed to recover from the stressor for a shorter (2 days) or longer period of time (9 days) in their home cages. At the end of this recovery period, rats were euthanized and trunk blood and brains were processed for serum corticosterone (CORT) and neurochemistry, respectively. Brain mRNA levels were determined via in situ hybridization for the opioid preprodynorphin (DYN) and its cognate receptor (kappa, KOR), in striatal and accumbal subregions. A pattern of selective transcriptional activation emerged in the four resultant treatment conditions where a short recovery from either a single or repeated exposure to immobilization produced increases in KOR-mRNA levels in striatal and nucleus accumbens (Acb) subregions. Relative to controls, these differences were diminished after a longer recovery period. Interestingly, DYN-mRNA levels were unchanged after the shorter recovery period and after single or repeated immobilizations but appeared to be induced after a longer recovery period after repeated immobilizations. A relative amount of weight loss occurred after immobilization following repeated but not single exposure to stress. In addition, only those rats recovering from repeated stress exposures had higher CORT levels compared with non-immobilized controls. These results suggest that recovery from immobilization stress may alter the motivational system after as little as a single immobilization and that a possible dysphoric effect on appetitive behavior may be reflected by an altered striatal dynorphin system.
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- Louis R Lucas
- Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, USA.
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Time Course Changes in the Blood Parameters and the Expression of Diencephalic CRH and AVT mRNA Due to Acute Isolation Stress in Chicks. J Poult Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.010120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sim YB, Park SH, Kang YJ, Kim SM, Lee JK, Jung JS, Suh HW. The regulation of blood glucose level in physical and emotional stress models: possible involvement of adrenergic and glucocorticoid systems. Arch Pharm Res 2010; 33:1679-83. [PMID: 21052944 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-010-1018-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Revised: 06/19/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This study was done to determine the effect of stress on blood glucose regulation in ICR mice. The stress was induced by the electrical foot shock-witness model. Blood glucose level was found to be increased in the electrical foot shock-induced physical stress group. Furthermore, the blood glucose levels were also elevated in the emotional stress group in both physical and emotional stress groups. The blood glucose level reached maximum 30 min after stress stimulation and returned to normal level 2 h after stress stimulation in both physical and emotional stress groups. Subsequently, we observed that intraperitoneal injection of phentolamine (an α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist), yohimbine (an α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist) or RU486 (a glucocorticoid receptor blocker) significantly inhibited blood glucose level induced by both physical and emotional stress. The results of our study suggest that physical and emotional stress increases blood glucose level via activation of adrenergic and glucocorticoid system.
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- Yun-Beom Sim
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea
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Tlili C, Cella LN, Myung NV, Shetty V, Mulchandani A. Single-walled carbon nanotube chemoresistive label-free immunosensor for salivary stress biomarkers. Analyst 2010; 135:2637-42. [PMID: 20694207 DOI: 10.1039/c0an00332h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The present work is focused on the development, analytical characterization and evaluation of selective and sensitive SWNT-chemiresistor immunosensor for the label-free detection of salivary α-amylase (SAA). SWNTs were aligned to bridge lithographically patterned gold microelectrodes using AC dielectrophoresis followed by functionalization with anti-SAA antibodies. The nano-immunosensors exhibited excellent sensitivity over the clinically relevant range (19 to 308 U ml(-1)) with a limit of detection (LOD) of 6 µg ml(-1) (0.6 U ml(-1)) and 7.8 µg ml(-1) (0.78 U ml(-1)) in phosphate buffer and artificial saliva, respectively, and no interference from other components of saliva. This label-free nano-immunosensor technology has potential application in clinical diagnosis for stress biomarkers expressed in human saliva at the point-of-care.
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- Chaker Tlili
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Aher CV, Duwaerts CC, Akama KT, Lucas LR. Effects of acute diuresis stress on egr-1 (zif268) mRNA levels in brain regions associated with motivated behavior. Brain Res Bull 2010; 81:114-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2009] [Revised: 10/05/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Diane A, Victoriano M, Fromentin G, Tome D, Larue-Achagiotis C. Acute stress modifies food choice in Wistar male and female rats. Appetite 2008; 50:397-407. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2007] [Revised: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 09/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mello DMDS, Marcinichen DR, Madruga D, Branco R, Paschoalini MA, De Lima TCM. Involvement of NK1 receptors in metabolic stress markers after the central administration of substance P. Behav Brain Res 2007; 181:232-8. [PMID: 17540463 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2006] [Revised: 04/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Substance P (SP) is involved in the pathophysiology of several psychiatric disorders and is considered a central stress neurotransmitter. Endogenous SP does not inhibit the initial extent of the HPA axis response to restraint stress, but reduces the duration of the stress suggesting that SP plays an important role in the transition between acute and chronic stress. Stress hormones can alter metabolic functions in white adipose tissue and liver. The HPA axis is the endocrine pathway that promotes lipolysis elevating free fatty acid levels (FFA) in blood, besides indirectly causing hyperglycemia. In the present study, changes in the blood levels of stress markers in the anxiogenic-like effects of SP, as evaluated on the elevated plus-maze (EPM), were studied in adult male rats. Serum corticosterone was used as the traditional stress marker, while the plasma FFA and glucose were used as alternative anxiety/stress markers. Our findings show: (a) elevated corticosterone levels, confirming the aversive situation induced by SP (behaviorally assessed in the EPM) and indicating SP as a "chemical" stressor; (b) elevated levels of FFA and glucose, indicators of stress-induced mobilization of energy substrates, confirming the stressor effect of SP; (c) FFA levels can be used as an accurate, sensitive and reliable index of acute stress situations, including in the anxiogenic-like effect of SP, with the FFA response being as good as corticosterone as a stress marker in this case; (d) NK1 receptors involvement in the underlying mechanisms of the behavioral and metabolic effects of SP. Finally, our study indicates that some of these physiological variables are positively related to the stressor intensity.
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- Denise Maria de Sousa Mello
- Department of Biological Sciences and Health, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense-UNIPLAC, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Michel V, Peinnequin A, Alonso A, Buguet A, Cespuglio R, Canini F. Decreased heat tolerance is associated with hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis impairment. Neuroscience 2007; 147:522-31. [PMID: 17531395 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Revised: 04/19/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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When rats are exposed to heat, they adapt themselves to the stressor with a wide inter-individual variability. Such differences in heat tolerance may be related to particularities in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis activation. To further this hypothesis, 80 rats instrumented with a telemetric device for abdominal temperature (Tabd) measurement were separated into two groups. Sixty-eight rats were exposed during 90 min at an ambient temperature of 40 degrees C, and 12 rats to an ambient temperature of 22 degrees C. Heat-exposed rats were then divided into three groups using the a posteriori k-means clustering method according to their Tabd level at the end of heat exposure. Heat tolerant rats (Tol, n=30) exhibiting the lowest Tabd showed a slight dehydration, a moderate triglyceride mobilization, but the highest plasma adrenocorticotropic-hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone levels. Conversely, heat exhausted rats (HE, n=14) presented the highest Tabd, a higher degree of dehydration, a greater metabolic imbalance with the lowest plasma triglyceride level and the highest lactate concentration, as well as a lowest plasma corticosterone and ACTH levels. The fact that the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA content within the pituitary was low despite of a high c-fos mRNA level is also relevant. Current inflammatory processes in HE rats were underlined by lower inhibitory factor kappaBalpha (IkappaBalpha) mRNA and higher tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA. In conclusion, data show that intolerance to heat exposure is associated to an HPA axis impairment, possibly related to changes occurring in the IkappaBalpha and TNF-alpha mRNA levels.
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- V Michel
- Département des Facteurs Humains, Pôle de Neurophysiologie du Stress, Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées Emile Pardé, 24 Avenue des Maquis du Grésivaudan, F-38702 La Tronche Cédex, France.
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Lorton D, Lubahn CL, Estus C, Millar BA, Carter JL, Wood CA, Bellinger DL. Bidirectional communication between the brain and the immune system: implications for physiological sleep and disorders with disrupted sleep. Neuroimmunomodulation 2006; 13:357-74. [PMID: 17709958 DOI: 10.1159/000104864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This review describes mechanisms of immune-to-brain and brain-to-immune signaling involved in mediating physiological sleep and altered sleep with disease. The central nervous system (CNS) modulates immune function by signaling target cells of the immune system through autonomic and neuroendocrine pathways. Neurotransmitters and hormones produced and released by these pathways interact with immune cells to alter immune functions, including cytokine production. Cytokines produced by cells of the immune and nervous systems regulate sleep. Cytokines released by immune cells, particularly interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, signal neuroendocrine, autonomic, limbic and cortical areas of the CNS to affect neural activity and modify behaviors (including sleep), hormone release and autonomic function. In this manner, immune cells function as a sense organ, informing the CNS of peripheral events related to infection and injury. Equally important, homeostatic mechanisms, involving all levels of the neuroaxis, are needed, not only to turn off the immune response after a pathogen is cleared or tissue repair is completed, but also to restore and regulate natural diurnal fluctuations in cytokine production and sleep. The immune system's ability to affect behavior has important implications for understanding normal and pathological sleep. Sleep disorders are commonly associated with chronic inflammatory diseases and chronic age- or stress-related disorders. The best studied are rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndromes. This article reviews our current understanding of neuroimmune interactions in normal sleep and sleep deprivation, and the influence of these interactions on selected disorders characterized by pathological sleep.
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- Dianne Lorton
- Hoover Arthritis Research Center, Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ 85372, USA.
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Johnson JD, Campisi J, Sharkey CM, Kennedy SL, Nickerson M, Fleshner M. Adrenergic receptors mediate stress-induced elevations in extracellular Hsp72. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005; 99:1789-95. [PMID: 16037404 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00390.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Heat-shock protein concentrations in the blood increase after exposure to a variety of stressors, including trauma and psychological stress. Although the physiological function of extracellular heat shock protein remains controversial, there is evidence that extracellular heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72) can facilitate immunologic responses. The signal(s) that mediate(s) the in vivo elevation of extracellular Hsp72 in the blood after stressor exposure remain(s) unknown. Here we report that Hsp72 increases in the circulation via an α1-adrenergic receptor-mediated signaling pathway. Activation of α1-adrenoceptors results in a rapid increase in circulating Hsp72, and blockade of α1-adrenoceptors prevents the stress-induced rise in circulating Hsp72. Furthermore, our studies exclude a role for β-adrenoceptors, glucocorticoids, and ACTH in mediating stress-induced elevations in circulating extracellular Hsp72. Understanding the signals involved in elevating extracellular Hsp72 could facilitate the use of extracellular Hsp72 to bolster immunity and perhaps prevent exacerbation of inflammatory diseases during stress.
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- John D Johnson
- Center for Neuroscience, Dept. of Integrative Physiology, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0354, USA.
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Johnson JD, Campisi J, Sharkey CM, Kennedy SL, Nickerson M, Greenwood BN, Fleshner M. Catecholamines mediate stress-induced increases in peripheral and central inflammatory cytokines. Neuroscience 2005; 135:1295-307. [PMID: 16165282 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.06.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2004] [Revised: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 06/30/2005] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Proinflammatory cytokines act at receptors in the CNS to alter physiological and behavioral responses. Exposure to stressors increases both peripheral and central proinflammatory cytokines, yet the mechanism(s) of induction remain unknown. Experiments here examined the role of catecholamines in the in vivo induction of proinflammatory cytokines following tailshock stress. Rats were pretreated i.p. with 2.0 mg/kg prazosin (alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist), 10.0 mg/kg propranolol (beta-adrenoceptor antagonist), or 5.0 mg/kg labetalol (alpha1- and beta-adrenoceptor antagonist) 30 min prior to tailshock exposure and plasma interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-6, along with tissue interleukin-1beta from the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and pituitary were measured immediately following stressor termination. Prazosin attenuated stress-induced plasma IL-1beta and IL-6, but had no effect on tissue IL-1beta levels, while propranolol attenuated plasma IL-6 and blocked tissue IL-1beta elevation, and labetalol, which cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, attenuated plasma IL-1beta and IL-6, blocked pituitary IL-1beta, but had no effect on central tissue IL-1beta levels. Furthermore, administration of 50.0 mg/kg N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine hydrochloride, a neurotoxin that lesions neural projections from the locus coeruleus, prevented stress-induced elevation in hippocampal IL-1beta, a region highly innervated by the locus coeruleus, but had no effect on hypothalamic IL-1beta, a region that receives few locus coeruleus projections. Finally, i.p. injection of 5.0 mg/kg isoproterenol (beta-adrenoceptor agonist) was sufficient to induce circulating IL-1 and IL-6, and tissue IL-1beta. These data suggest catecholamines play an important role in the induction of stress-induced proinflammatory cytokines and that beta-adrenoceptors are critical for tissue IL-1beta induction, while both alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors contribute to the induction of plasma cytokines.
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- J D Johnson
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Center for Neuroscience, Clare Small Building, Room #114, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0354, USA.
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Michel C, Duclos M, Cabanac M, Richard D. Chronic stress reduces body fat content in both obesity-prone and obesity-resistant strains of mice. Horm Behav 2005; 48:172-9. [PMID: 15894318 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2004] [Revised: 02/10/2005] [Accepted: 02/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Unpredictable stressors have been used to assess the effect of stress on energy metabolism in obesity-prone (C57BL6J) and obesity-resistant (AJ) mice. Mice were exposed for 25 days to a stress protocol. Both strains of mice were divided into groups of control and stressed mice, which had access to either a high-fat or a high-carbohydrate diet. Twenty-four hours after the last session of stress, mice were sacrificed for blood and brain collections. Insulin, corticosterone, and glucose concentrations in plasma were measured, and expressions of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVH) and the central amygdala (CeA) were determined by in situ hybridization. Stressed mice in all groups had lower body fat contents than control mice, and all mice fed with the high-fat diet had heavier retroperitoneal and inguinal fat pads than mice fed with carbohydrate. CRF mRNA level in the CeA was lower in B6 mice than in AJ mice. Stressed mice had a lower expression of CRF in the CeA than control mice. In conclusion, chronic stress reduces body fat content in obesity-prone as well as in obesity-resistant mice.
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- C Michel
- Département d'anatomie et de physiologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Qc, Canada G1K 7P4
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Karakoc Y, Turhan S, Yildirim EA, Mengi M, Yurdakos E, Barutcu UB. Neuropeptide Y alters stress-induced changes in trace element concentrations of brain in chronically immobilized rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/jtra.20011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Retana-Márquez S, Bonilla-Jaime H, Vázquez-Palacios G, Domínguez-Salazar E, Martínez-García R, Velázquez-Moctezuma J. Body weight gain and diurnal differences of corticosterone changes in response to acute and chronic stress in rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2003; 28:207-27. [PMID: 12510013 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4530(02)00017-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Plasmatic levels of corticosterone display a circadian rhythm, with the higher values occurring during the dark phase in nocturnally feeding animals. Stressful situations induce a rise of corticosterone levels and this endocrine response to stress also presents circadian variations. The higher increase of corticosterone in response to stress occurs when the hormone is in its lower circadian level, and the minimum responses occurring at the peak. Since it has been shown that plasma hormones respond differently to different stressors, in the present study, we compared the acute and chronic effects of four different stressors: electric foot shocks (3 mA, 1/s, 5 min), immobilization during two hours or six hours, and immersion in cold water (15 degrees C) for 15 min. Stressors were applied, both acutely and chronically (during 4, 12 and 20 days) at the onset of the light phase as well as at the onset of the dark phase of the light/dark cycle. Body weight was assessed every day, and at the end of the manipulations plasmatic corticosterone levels were determined from the trunk blood. Adrenal and testicular weights were also assessed. Acute exposure to stressors increased plasmatic corticosterone levels significantly when the stressors were applied at the beginning of the light phase of the cycle. In the dark phase, only two hours of immobilization and immersion in cold water caused an increase in plasmatic corticosterone. With repeated exposure, electric foot shocks failed to induce significant changes in corticosterone levels in any phase of the light-dark cycle. Immobilization stress induced a significant rise in corticosterone levels only when the stressor was applied during the light phase. Immersion in cold water elicited a clear increase in plasmatic corticosterone levels in all the periods tested, regardless of the time of the cycle in which the stressor was applied. We did not observe a loss in body weight, but rather a smaller weight gain in stressed rats. Body weight gain was minimum in rats exposed to immersion and 6 hours of immobilization. Adrenal hypertrophy was observed in rats exposed to these same stressors. We conclude that: 1) the activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis by stress depends mainly on the characteristics of the stressor; 2) the response of this axis to stress also depends on the time of day in which the stressor is applied.
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- S Retana-Márquez
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México City, Mexico.
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Karakoc Y, Yurdakos E, Gulyasar T, Mengi M, Barutcu UB. Experimental stress-induced changes in trace element levels of various tissues in rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/jtra.10023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Suárez M, Molina S, Rivarola MA, Perassi NI. Effects of maternal deprivation on adrenal and behavioural responses in rats with anterodorsal thalami nuclei lesions. Life Sci 2002; 71:1125-37. [PMID: 12095534 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(02)01830-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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There is evidence that repeated maternal isolation of neonatal rats may influence both emotional behavior and Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) activity. On the other hand the Anterodorsal Thalami Nuclei (ADTN) exerts an inhibitory influence on the hypophyso-adrenal system under basal and stressful conditions. In the present work we investigated whether neonatal maternal deprivation produces long term effects on the ADTN regulation of behavioral patterns (open field test) and on HPA axis activity. Specifically, we sought to determine whether adult female rats with ADTN lesions, previously isolated for 4.5 hours daily during the first 3 weeks of life, react in endocrinologically and behaviourally distinct manner as compared to controls. The examined groups were: non maternally deprived (NMD)/sham lesioned, NMD/lesioned, maternally deprived (MD)/sham lesioned, MD/lesioned with and without the open field test. At 3 months MD/sham lesioned animals showed a marked decrease in ambulation (P < 0.01), and with ADTN lesion, the rearing values were lower (P < 0.01) and grooming higher (P < 0.05) than NMD. This last data would indicate a high emotional index. Regarding the activity of the HPA axis, maternal deprivation induced a significant decrease in plasma ACTH concentration both in sham and lesioned animals (P < 0.001), and plasma Corticosterone (C) increased in sham animals (P < 0.001). This data would indicate a higher sensitivity of the adrenal glands. After the open field test ACTH and C were different between deprived and non-deprived animals depending on the ADTN lesion. Taking into consideration the increase of ACTH levels in sham lesioned MD animals exposed to the test, we could conclude that this new situation was a stressful situation. Finally in the present work, it was very difficult to relate the behavioral parameters with the endocrine data. It is known that depending on the context, corticosteroids may produce opposite effects on emotional behavior via different receptors in the brain.In summary, neonatal maternal deprivation induced alterations of behavioral patterns and affected the ADTN inhibitory influence on ACTH and C secretion.
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- M Suárez
- Cátedra de Fisiología Humana, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Santa Rosa 1085 (5000), Córdoba, Argentina.
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Assessing Pain in Animals. Anim Welf 2002. [DOI: 10.1017/s0962728600024301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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AbstractAssessing the experience of pain in animals is a difficult task, yet one that is important in animal welfare research. Some approaches to pain assessment in animals are reviewed here. General qualities of pain scales and specific parameters suitable for clinical and experimental pain assessments are discussed. It is argued that pain assessment will progress through an integration of objective and subjective observations of behaviour coupled with multiple measures in various other areas. Such multidimensional pain scales allow an adequate characterisation of the complexity of an individual animal's pain experience to be made. This knowledge improves the recognition and treatment of pain and will allow informed moral debate on the acceptability of practices such as castration and tail-docking of lambs.
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Márquez C, Belda X, Armario A. Post-stress recovery of pituitary-adrenal hormones and glucose, but not the response during exposure to the stressor, is a marker of stress intensity in highly stressful situations. Brain Res 2002; 926:181-5. [PMID: 11814422 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)03112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Acute immobilization in male rats elicited the same ACTH, corticosterone and glucose response as foot shock when measured immediately after stress. However, post-stress recovery of plasma ACTH, corticosterone and glucose levels were delayed in immobilized versus shocked rats. Similarly, stress-induced anorexia was much greater in the former animals. All these data suggest that post-stress speed of recovery of some physiological variables is positively related to stressor intensity and could be used to evaluate it.
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- Cristina Márquez
- Unitat de Fisiologia Animal, Departament de Biologia Cellular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Marin RH, Benavidez E, Garcia DA, Satterlee DG. Sex differences in central benzodiazepine receptor densities and circulating corticosterone release after acute stress in broiler chicks. Poult Sci 2002; 81:261-4. [PMID: 11873836 DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.2.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of sex on central benzodiazepine receptor (CBR) and serum corticosterone (CS) responses to an acute stressor in broiler chicks. Birds were housed in ten mixed-sex groups of eight chicks per cage. At 15 d of age, chicks were taken from a randomly selected cage and blood was immediately sampled (undisturbed controls), or they were taken from the same cage and immersed up to their necks in warm water (partial water immersion, PWI) for 15 min before blood was sampled. After blood sampling, forebrains were dissected for preparation of membranes, and bird sex was determined by gonadal inspection. Serum CS levels were determined by a competitive protein-binding assay. CBR densities were determined by radiolabeled receptor binding assay. There were no sex differences in serum CS levels or benzodiazepine receptor densities in controls. Exposure to PWI significantly increased (P < 0.01) circulating CS levels in both sexes, and this elevation was more pronounced (P < 0.01) in males than in females. Male, but not female, chicks also showed a significant stressor-induced increase (P < 0.01) in CBR densities. These findings showed sexual differences in acute, stressor-induced benzodiazepine and adrenocortical responses that suggest broiler males are more stress-susceptible than females.
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- R H Marin
- Department of Poultry Science, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA.
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), expressed in widely distributed regions of the central nervous system (CNS), mediates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and autonomic components of responses to stressors. Sleep, a fundamental CNS process, is altered in response to a variety of stressors. Although there is an extensive literature on the role of CRH in responses to stressors, there is relatively little information on the role of CRH in normal, spontaneous behavior. We hypothesize that CRH is involved in the regulation of waking in the absence of overt stressors. Some of the early evidence supporting this hypothesis was indirect. We summarize in this review studies from our laboratory and others that provide direct evidence that CRH is involved in the regulation of spontaneous waking. We also suggest on the basis of recent studies that some effects of CRH on waking and sleep may be mediated by actions within the CNS of the immunomodulatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1. Collectively, these observations suggest that CRH contributes to the regulation of spontaneous waking in the absence of stressors, and also indicate a potential mechanism mediating complex alterations in sleep that occur in response to immune challenge.
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- F C Chang
- Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Neurology, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Sgoifo A, Pozzato C, Costoli T, Manghi M, Stilli D, Ferrari PF, Ceresini G, Musso E. Cardiac autonomic responses to intermittent social conflict in rats. Physiol Behav 2001; 73:343-9. [PMID: 11438360 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(01)00455-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Intermittent exposure to the same stressor can lead to a gradual decline in physiological, neuroendocrine and behavioral stress responses (habituation). We investigated possible habituation of cardiac autonomic responsiveness and susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias in male rats exposed to either intermittent social victory (VIC) or defeat (DEF) stress (10 exposures in each case). Electrocardiograms were recorded via radiotelemetry and the sympathovagal balance at the level of the heart was evaluated via time-domain measurements of heart rate variability, namely average R--R interval (average time interval between two consecutive heart beats, RR), the standard deviation of RR (SD(RR)) and the root-mean-square of successive R--R interval differences (r-MSSD). Values of these parameters were significantly lower in DEF as compared to VIC rats in the second part of the test period (from Minute 6 to Minute 15), suggesting a more pronounced sympathetic dominance in the former group of animals. Accordingly, the occurrence of the most frequent cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular and supraventricular premature beats) was higher in DEF rats. Habituation of cardiac autonomic responsivity was observed across repeated exposure to victory, both in terms of sympathovagal balance and susceptibility to cardiac tachyarrhythmias, whereas no habituation was found in repeatedly defeated animals. A possible explanation to this discrepancy could be the different degree of controllability characterizing the two social challenging situations.
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- A Sgoifo
- Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale-Sezione Fisiologia, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, 43100 Parma, Italy.
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Gispert M, Faucitano L, Oliver M, Guàrdia M, Coll C, Siggens K, Harvey K, Diestre A. A survey of pre-slaughter conditions, halothane gene frequency, and carcass and meat quality in five Spanish pig commercial abattoirs. Meat Sci 2000; 55:97-106. [DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1740(99)00130-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/1999] [Revised: 06/01/1999] [Accepted: 09/16/1999] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Fukuoka Y, Ishida A. Chronic stress evaluation using neural networks. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY MAGAZINE : THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY SOCIETY 2000; 19:34-8. [PMID: 10659428 DOI: 10.1109/51.816242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Y Fukuoka
- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
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Haller J, Makara GB, Kruk MR. Catecholaminergic involvement in the control of aggression: hormones, the peripheral sympathetic, and central noradrenergic systems. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1998; 22:85-97. [PMID: 9491941 DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(97)00023-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Noradrenaline is involved in many different functions, which all are known to affect behaviour profoundly. In the present review we argue that noradrenaline affects aggression on three different levels: the hormonal level, the sympathetic autonomous nervous system, and the central nervous system (CNS), in different, but functionally synergistic ways. Part of these effects may arise in indirect ways that are by no means specific to aggressive behaviour, however, they are functionally relevant to it. Other effects may affect brain mechanisms specifically involved in aggression. Hormonal catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline) appear to be involved in metabolic preparations for the prospective fight; the sympathetic system ensures appropriate cardiovascular reaction, while the CNS noradrenergic system prepares the animal for the prospective fight. Indirect CNS effects include: the shift of attention towards socially relevant stimuli; the enhancement of olfaction (a major source of information in rodents); the decrease in pain sensitivity; and the enhancement of memory (an aggressive encounter is very relevant for the future of the animal). Concerning more aggression-specific effects one may notice that a slight activation of the central noradrenergic system stimulates aggression, while a strong activation decreases fight readiness. This biphasic effect may allow the animal to engage or to avoid the conflict, depending on the strength of social challenge. A hypothesis is presented regarding the relevance of different adrenoceptors in controlling aggression. It appears that neurons bearing postsynaptic alpha2-adrenoceptors are responsible for the start and maintenance of aggression, while a situation-dependent fine-tuning is realised through neurons equipped with beta-adrenoceptors. The latter phenomenon may be dependent on a noradrenaline-induced corticosterone secretion. It appears that by activating very different mechanisms the systems working with adrenaline and/or noradrenaline prepare the animal in a very complex way to answer the demands imposed by, and to endure the effects caused by, fights. It is a challenge for future research to elucidate how precisely these mechanisms interact to contribute to functionally relevant and adaptive aggressive behaviour.
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- J Haller
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Hashiguchi H, Ye SH, Morris M, Alexander N. Single and repeated environmental stress: effect on plasma oxytocin, corticosterone, catecholamines, and behavior. Physiol Behav 1997; 61:731-6. [PMID: 9145944 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(96)00527-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Rat studies were done to further characterize an environmental model of stress designated shaker stress (SS). Plasma oxytocin (OT), corticosterone (CS), norepinephrine (NE), and epinephrine (E) were measured before and after 5 or 30 min of SS applied one time or applied 10 times over a 2-week period. The major findings were partial adaptation of plasma E within 30 min of acute SS, adaptation of plasma CS baselines but not responses to chronic SS, and complete adaptation of plasma OT responses to chronic SS. Poststress behavior during chronic SS was affected in the following ways: freezing time habituated, defecation and rearings increased, and grooming and teeth chattering remained relatively constant. The results show that SS produces consistent patterns of hormonal and behavioral responses; some aspects of the patterns are similar to those elicited by other environmental stresses, whereas some aspects are unique to SS. We conclude that rats do not adapt to repeated SS but rather that most hormonal and behavioral defense mechanisms are renewable on a daily basis.
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- H Hashiguchi
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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OBJECTIVE Research on the relationship between physiological responses to stressful stimulation and the onset of psychosomatic illnesses has been an area of intense interest for many years. Studies using animal models have contributed significantly to this field of inquiry by taking several complementary approaches. METHOD Three specific research strategies taken in our laboratory will be highlighted here. Each involves studies in conscious, freely behaving animals. RESULTS Genetically selected animals have been exposed to acute stressors to unmask neuroendocrine and autonomic abnormalities related to disease susceptibility. In addition, studies of aged animals suggest that exaggerated physiological responses to acute stress may underlie some age-related pathologies. Finally, a series of studies has revealed that exposure of laboratory animals to stressful stimulation may exert long-lasting influences on the ways in which these subjects respond in the future to the same or novel stressors. CONCLUSIONS These findings illustrate how studies with laboratory animals have the potential for refining the questions that are posed in research with clinical populations and for providing insight into the underlying physiological mechanisms of individual variability in disease susceptibility and the development of appropriate therapeutic interventions.
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- R McCarty
- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903-2477, USA
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Sánchez JM, Castro MJ, Alonso ME, Gaudioso VR. Adaptive metabolic responses in females of the fighting breed submitted to different sequences of stress stimuli. Physiol Behav 1996; 60:1047-52. [PMID: 8884931 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00160-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The objectives of this study were to evaluate the stress reaction and the metabolic adaptive effort in females of the fighting breed when submitted to different manipulation sequences. Nine 4- to 8-year-old bovine fighting breed females slaughtered to establish the basal levels of different blood parameters. A study was, then, conducted to examine the metabolic response in 30 2-year-old females, divided into 3 groups of 10 animals and submitted to different manipulations in each group: restraint- "open-field" -restraint, "open-field" -restraint, and transportation-restraint- "open-field" -restraint. The basal levels of the different blood parameters found were, in general, similar to the levels for cattle given in the literature. All the manipulations resulted in increases that were statistically different (p < 0.001) from basal levels, in terms of both cortisol plasma levels and the Specie Specific Experimental Response to Stress index (SSERTS). The stress of restraint (and the prior manipulations) seemed to mask the stress associated with the open-field and transport situations. In general, animals responded to 13 of the 15 parameters examined in the various experimental manipulations.
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- J M Sánchez
- Departmento de Producción Animal II, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, Spain
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1. Exhaustive evidence is quoted showing that uncontrollable (uncoping) stress provoked in experimental mammals leads to depletion of central noradrenergic activity+ adrenomedullary-cortical gland hyperactivity. These physiological disorders cause the typical neuroendocrine peripheral profile: a) raised catecholamines (CA) in plasma [noradrenaline (NA)+adrenaline (Ad)+dopamine (DA), b) reduced NA/Ad ratio in plasma and c) raised plasma cortisol. 2. Exhaustive evidence is quoted which indicates that severely ill humans show peripheral neuroendocrine profile similar to that found in mammals submitted to uncontrollable stress situation. Further, the NA/Ad ratio does not increase but decreases during orthostasis and exercise stress challenges, as well as oral glucose stress (tolerance) test. 3. Exhaustive evidence is quoted which indicates that endogenous depressed subjects show a neuroendocrine profile opposite to that observed in stressed mammals and severely ill humans. This profile consists of central NA (neural sympathetic) hyperactivity+ adrenomedullary glands hyporresponsivity. These disorders are reflected in a three to ten fold increase of the NA/Ad ratio in plasma. 4. Exhaustive evidence is also quoted showing that dysthymic depressed patients show low plasma catecholamines+low NA/Ad plasma ratio (< 2) during supine-resting condition, it is normalized at orthostasis and exercise periods. 5. It is quoted evidence showing that whereas platelet serotonin is increased in dysthymics, the same is reduced in both endogenous depressed and stressed mammals as well as severely ill humans. 6. It is quoted evidence showing that free serotonin in plasma is greatly raised in uncoping stressed mammals and severely ill humans. The same parameter is normal or slightly increased in dysthymic and endogenous depressed humans. These findings are consistent with the increased platelet aggregability observed in "uncontrollable" stressed mammals and in severely ill, but not depressed patients. 7. It is also quoted evidence showing that whereas parasympathetic activity is absent in uncontrollable stressed mammals and severely ill humans, the same is increased in both types of depressed humans. 8. According to the above, the authors postulate the existence of 3 distinct central+ peripheral neuroendocrine profiles for endogenous depression, dysthymic depression and maladaptation to stress syndrome. These different profiles should lead researchers to attempt different therapeutical approach. 9. In view of the fact that the authors found much clinical overlap among the three syndromes (endogenous depression, dysthymic depression and severely ill patients), they believe that a differential diagnosis should be based on neurochemical, neuroendocrine, physiologic, metabolic and neuropharmacological grounds. 10. The experimentally induced uncontrollable stress (behavioral despair) syndrome in mammals should not be used as a valid model of human depressive syndrome.
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- F Lechin
- Section of Neuropharmacology, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
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Suárez M, Fiol de Cuneo M, Vincenti L, Ruiz RD. Changes in corticosterone levels and sperm functional activity by chronic stress in rats. Arch Physiol Biochem 1996; 104:351-6. [PMID: 8793028 DOI: 10.1076/apab.104.3.351.12903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Corticosterone levels and epididymal sperm functional activity have been studied in rats subjected to immobilization stress (A: 12 days) or variable chronic stress (B: 24 days; C: 32 days and D: 32 days plus 28 days without stress). Plasma corticosterone levels were significantly enhanced in B and C groups. Body and testicular weight significantly decreased in C and D groups. A decrease in viability or percentage of progressive epididymal spermatozoa was detected in C and D groups. Responses of spermatozoa to hypoosmotic shock remained unaltered in all groups. Results suggest that sustained increase in activity of the hypothalamo-adenohypophyseal-adrenal cortical system alters the activity of the hypothalamo-adenohypophyseal-testicular axis.
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- M Suárez
- Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, República Argentina
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- T R Mabry
- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903-2477, USA
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Abel EL. Circannual changes in the duration of the immobility response of rats in the forced swim test. Physiol Behav 1995; 58:591-3. [PMID: 8587969 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)00098-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Separate groups of male rats were tested in the forced swim test on the third Tuesday of each mo for 14 mo. A distinct pattern was observable in their immobility response such that animals were most immobile during the winter months (Dec-Mar) and least immobile during the summer months (June-Sept). Bicarbonate-carbon dioxide levels were significantly correlated with immobility times (r = 0.48), as were glucose (r = 0.34) and phosphorus (r = -0.33) levels, whereas corticosterone and testosterone levels were not significantly correlated with immobility. These results indicate that there is a circannual rhythm in the floating behavior of rats in the forced swim test.
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- E L Abel
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Armario A, Gavaldà A, Martí J. Comparison of the behavioural and endocrine response to forced swimming stress in five inbred strains of rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1995; 20:879-90. [PMID: 8834094 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00018-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Some inbred strains of rats showed behavioural differences in the forced swimming test, which is considered a putative animal model of depression. In the present work, the behavioural and physiological responses to forced swimming were studied in male and female rats of five inbred strains of rats: Brown-Norway (BN), Fischer 344 (FIS), Lewis (LEW), Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY). Physiological measures were aimed at characterizing emotional reactivity, a very important issue which has usually been approached by studying a single endocrine system, and its relationship to the forced swimming behaviour. The four indices of reactivity to stress used were serum glucose, ACTH, corticosterone and prolactin. No behavioural differences between sexes were observed in the forced swimming test. In addition, BN and WKY rats showed passive behaviour compared with the other three strains, the FIS strain being the most active. Whereas only minor differences were found in the resting levels of the variables studied with regard to either sex or strain, pituitary-adrenal (PA) and glucose responses to 15 min forced swimming differed among sexes and strains. Stress-induced hyperglycaemia was lowest in WKY and highest in SHR, being lower in females than in males. The lowest ACTH and corticosterone responses to forced swimming were observed in LEW and the highest in FIS. Female rats showed a clearly higher PA response to stress in all strains. Prolactin response to stress was very similar between sexes and strains. It might thus be concluded that: (i) there are important inter-strain differences in the forced swimming behaviour, with no differences between sexes; (ii) the various physiological indices of emotional reactivity follow a different trend and no warranted conclusion on differences in emotional reactivity should be based upon a single endocrine system or even only upon physiological measures; (iii) we cannot be sure, therefore, whether or not there are differences in emotionality between the strains studied in spite of well-established inter-strains differences in the forced swimming behaviour.
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- A Armario
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Adrenal function response to chronic stress in rats with anterodorsal thalami nuclei lesions. Life Sci 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(94)00893-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effect of corticosterone (CS) synthesis inhibition with metyrapone-a blocker of the 11 beta-hydroxylase (150 mg/kg IP)-on immobility time during the forced swim test was recorded. Immobility time was measured during a 15-min forced swim (test). Twenty-four hours later rats were subjected to an additional 5 min forced swim (retest). In one experiment, metyrapone or vehicle was administered 3 h before the initial test, while CS (0, 5, 10, or 20 mg/kg SC) was administered 1 h prior to the initial test. Metyrapone significantly reduced immobility time during both test and retest. This effect was reverted in a dose-dependent fashion by CS. In a second experiment, animals exposed to the initial test 24 h before were injected with metyrapone or vehicle 3 h before the retest, while CS (0, 10, or 20 mg/kg SC) was administered 1 h prior the retest. Metyrapone, administered before the retest, reduced immobility time and CS partially reverted metyrapone effect. In another group of animals, serum CS concentrations were evaluated before and after test and retest. In vehicle groups, the high immobility time during test and retest was associated with high CS serum concentrations poststress. In animals receiving metyrapone prior to the initial test, the reduced immobility time was related to low levels of CS after the test and an attenuated secretion following the retest. Moreover, CS (20 mg/kg) and metyrapone+CS groups had high CS levels before the test, which remained high 2 h after the test, although after the retest, both groups showed a pattern of CS secretion similar to that observed in vehicle animals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M Báez
- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
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Rats were tested in the forced swim test in 35 or 20 cm of water or in an open field to evaluate the effects of different intensities of stress on blood gases, electrolytes, and metabolic indices, compared to nontested controls. Animals tested in the open field did not differ from controls on any measure. Immersion in deep water resulted in a greater mixed metabolic and respiratory acidemia (low pH, low bicarbonate, high pCO2), higher glucose and higher lactate levels than immersion in shallow water which in turn resulted in greater metabolic acidemia (low pH, low bicarbonate), and higher glucose and lactate levels than occurred in open field or control animals. In contrast to immersion in deep water, immersion in shallow water resulted in an initial hypocapnia followed by a hypercapnia. Immersion in deep water also resulted in higher potassium levels, lower bicarbonate and total carbon dioxide levels, and a higher anion gap than immersion in shallow water, testing in the open field, or in controls. In a second study, lactate infusion resulted in a metabolic alkalemia (increased pH and bicarbonate levels) and an increase in total carbon dioxide levels. These results indicate that test parameters from forced swim testing (e.g., water depth) can significantly affect the rat's physiological response to testing. The effects of forced swim testing are not simply due to general stress; and the physiological changes seen in conjunction with forced swim testing (e.g., acidemia) are not due to lactate alone.
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- E L Abel
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201
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Rats were immersed for 15 min in a forced swim test in cylinders filled with water to a depth of 20 or 35 cm. The following day, they were reimmersed for a 5-min test period at one of these two depths. Water immersion, regardless of water depth, resulted in increased serum lactate and corticosterone levels, reduced serum carbon dioxide and potassium levels, a metabolic acidosis, and an increase in the phosphorus/potassium ratio. Testing at the greater water depth resulted in lower immobility times, higher lactate and lower carbon dioxide levels, a greater metabolic acidosis, and a higher phosphorus/potassium ratio than testing at the shallower depth. Water depth did not significantly affect corticosterone or potassium responses. None of the interactions between day 1 and day 2 depth was significant. The correlation between immobility time and corticosterone was very low, whereas the correlation with lactate, carbon dioxide, anion gap, and the phosphorus/potassium ratio were high. The inference from these results is water depth at time of testing affects the rat's behavioral and physiological reactions in the forced swim test and prior exposure to water at any depth does not.
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- E L Abel
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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Martí O, Martí J, Armario A. Effects of chronic stress on food intake in rats: influence of stressor intensity and duration of daily exposure. Physiol Behav 1994; 55:747-53. [PMID: 8190805 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90055-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The effect of exposure to chronic intermittent stressors of differing intensities [handling, restraint, and immobilization (IMO)] and daily duration (15, 60, and 240 min of IMO) on changes in food intake was studied in adult male rats. Whereas handling did not caused anorexia, restraint slightly reduced food intake and IMO drastically reduced it. The effects were very similar after the 7th and 27th day of exposure to the stressors. Fourteen days of chronic IMO (2 h daily) resulted in decreased food intake as measured on days 1, 10, and 14 of treatment, the inhibition being slightly greater after the first stress session. The circadian rhythm of food intake, expressed as a percent of the total food eaten in a 24 h period, was found to be almost unaffected by chronic IMO, although IMO rats appeared to satiate sooner than control rats. Exposure of rats to chronic IMO (7 days) for 15, 60, and 240 min daily reduced food intake to the same extent in all IMO groups. Taken together, these results suggest that: a) the magnitude of the changes in food intake after chronic exposure to stressors is closely related to their intensity, and b) a severe stressor such as IMO reduces food intake to a certain level that was independent on its daily duration. After repeated exposure to the same stressor, only a slight tendency to recover normal food intake was observed.
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- O Martí
- Departament de Biologia Cellular i de Fisiologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Abel EL. Physiological effects of alarm chemosignal emitted during the forced swim test. J Chem Ecol 1993; 19:2891-901. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00980590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/1993] [Accepted: 07/28/1993] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Increasing durations of water immersion stress were associated with increased serum corticosterone levels, decreased severity of pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsions, and increased latencies to convulse in rats. The results were interpreted in terms of the effects of stress and pentylenetetrazol's actions on GABAergic mechanisms.
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- E L Abel
- C. S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201
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Rats were tested in the forced swim test to evaluate the effects of duration of exposure (0, 5, 15, or 25 min), and water temperature (0, 35, 30, 25, or 20 degrees C), on a variety of physiological measures. Serum corticosterone, glucose, lactate, phosphorus levels, and the anion gap (a measure of acid-base status) were increased significantly, whereas carbon dioxide and potassium levels were consistently decreased by testing, as was the potassium/phosphorus ratio; creatinine, triglycerides, and magnesium were not altered significantly in any study. Effects on prolactin, amylase, lipase, cholesterol, alkaline phosphatase, sodium, and chloride were inconsistent. Levels of serum corticosterone were increased at each duration of testing, and the increments were significantly higher than the previous duration. Corticosterone levels were also increased in proportion to decreasing water temperature, but the increments were not significantly different from the previous or following temperatures. Glucose levels were increased at every duration and at every water temperature with the exception of the coldest water temperature. Lactate and phosphorus levels and the anion gap were all increased, whereas carbon dioxide levels decreased after 5 min of immersion. Potassium levels did not decrease until some time after 5 min of testing. Immobility times were marginally correlated with corticosterone levels (r = -0.38) but were highly correlated with serum carbon dioxide (r = 0.59), potassium (r = 0.67), and phosphorus levels (r = -0.73); the correlation between immobility times and the ratio of potassium/phosphorus was 0.82. The potassium/phosphorus ratio accounted for 67% of the variance in immobility. These high correlations were interpreted in terms of acid-base changes associated with testing.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- E L Abel
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Fetal Alcohol Research Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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