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Monfils MH, Lee HJ, Keller NE, Roquet RF, Quevedo S, Agee L, Cofresi R, Shumake J. Predicting extinction phenotype to optimize fear reduction. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2019; 236:99-110. [PMID: 30218131 PMCID: PMC6391193 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-018-5005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Fear conditioning is widely employed to study dysregulations of the fear system. The repeated presentation of a conditioned stimulus in the absence of a reinforcer leads to a decrease in fear responding-a phenomenon known as extinction. From a translational perspective, identifying whether an individual might respond well to extinction prior to intervention could prove important to treatment outcomes. Here, we test the hypothesis that CO2 reactivity predicts extinction phenotype in rats, and that variability in CO2 reactivity as well as extinction long-term memory (LTM) significantly predicts orexin activity in the lateral hypothalamus (LH). Our results validate a rat model of CO2 reactivity and show that subcomponents of behavioral reactivity following acute CO2 exposure explain a significant portion of the variance in extinction LTM. Furthermore, we show evidence that variability in CO2 reactivity is also significantly predictive of orexin activity in the LH, and that orexin activity, in turn, significantly accounts for LTM variance. Our findings open the possibility that we may be able to use CO2 reactivity as a screening tool to determine if individuals are good candidates for an extinction/exposure-based approach.
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Affiliation(s)
- M H Monfils
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
- Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX, USA.
- Institute for Mental Health Research, Austin, TX, USA.
| | - H J Lee
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX, USA
| | - N E Keller
- Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX, USA
| | - R F Roquet
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - S Quevedo
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - L Agee
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
| | - R Cofresi
- Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX, USA
| | - J Shumake
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Institute for Mental Health Research, Austin, TX, USA
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