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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
1. The stress response system is shaped by genetic factors and life experiences, of which the effect of a neonatal life event is among the most persistent. Here we report studies focused on the "nature-nurture" question using rat lines genetically selected for extreme differences in dopamine phenotype as well as rats exposed as infants to the traumatic experience of maternal deprivation. 2. As key to the endocrine and behavioural adaptations occurring in these two animal models the hormone corticosterone (CORT) is considered. The stress hormone exerts slow and persistent genomic control over neuronal activity underlying the stress response system via high affinity mineralocorticoid (MR) and glucocorticoid receptors (GR). This action is exerted in a coordinate manner and involves after stress due to the rising CORT levels progressive activation of both receptor types. 3. Short periods of maternal separation (neonatal handling) trigger subsequently enhanced maternal care and sensory stimulation. However, a prolonged period (24 h) of depriving the infant of maternal care disrupts the stress hyporesponsive period (SHRP) and causes an inappropriate rise in CORT. During development exposure to CORT and to sensory stimulation has longlasting consequences for organization of the stress response system. 4. We find that these factors embodied by mother-pup interaction are critical for dopamine phenotype, CORT receptor dynamics and neuroendocrine regulation in adult life. The findings provide a conceptual framework to study dopamine-related psychopathology against a background of genetic predisposition, early life events, stress hormones and brain development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0272-4340
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
345-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Adrenal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Apomorphine, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Corticosterone, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Dopamine Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Maternal Deprivation, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Pituitary-Adrenal System, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Rats, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Receptors, Glucocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Receptors, Mineralocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Selection, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Stereotyped Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:8818401-Stress, Psychological
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Brain-corticosteroid hormone dialogue: slow and persistent.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't