PMID- 24211537 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140902 LR - 20220331 IS - 1872-7549 (Electronic) IS - 0166-4328 (Print) IS - 0166-4328 (Linking) VI - 260 DP - 2014 Mar 1 TI - Social isolation after stroke leads to depressive-like behavior and decreased BDNF levels in mice. PG - 162-70 LID - S0166-4328(13)00672-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.047 [doi] AB - Social isolation prior to stroke leads to poorer outcomes after an ischemic injury in both animal and human studies. However, the impact of social isolation following stroke, which may be more clinically relevant as a target for therapeutic intervention, has yet to be examined. In this study, we investigated both the sub-acute (2 weeks) and chronic (7 weeks) effects of social isolation on post-stroke functional and histological outcome. Worsened histological damage from ischemic injury and an increase in depressive-like behavior was observed in isolated mice as compared to pair-housed mice. Mice isolated immediately after stroke showed a decrease in the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). These changes, both histological and behavioral, suggest an overall negative effect of social isolation on stroke outcome, potentially contributing to post-stroke depression and anxiety. Therefore, it is important to identify patients who have perceived isolation post-stroke to hopefully prevent this exacerbation of histological damage and subsequent depression. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - O'Keefe, Lena M AU - O'Keefe LM AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States. FAU - Doran, Sarah J AU - Doran SJ AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States. FAU - Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Laetitia AU - Mwilambwe-Tshilobo L AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States. FAU - Conti, Lisa H AU - Conti LH AD - Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States; Frank. H. Netter School of Medicine Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT 06518, United States. FAU - Venna, Venugopal R AU - Venna VR AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States. FAU - McCullough, Louise D AU - McCullough LD AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States. Electronic address: lmcullough@uchc.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 NS077769/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NSO77769/PHS HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131105 PL - Netherlands TA - Behav Brain Res JT - Behavioural brain research JID - 8004872 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anxiety MH - Brain/*metabolism/pathology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Cerebral Cortex/metabolism/pathology MH - Corpus Striatum/metabolism/pathology MH - *Depression MH - Housing, Animal MH - Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/*metabolism/pathology/*psychology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Motor Activity MH - *Social Isolation MH - Stroke/metabolism/pathology/psychology MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC4225130 MID - NIHMS552800 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor OT - BrainDerived Neurotrophic Factor OT - Forced Swim Test OT - MCAO OT - Middle cerebral artery occlusion OT - PH OT - PSA OT - PSD OT - SH OT - SI or ISO OT - ST OT - Social isolation OT - middle cerebral artery occlusion OT - pair-housed OT - post-stroke anxiety OT - post-stroke depression OT - sham surgery OT - social isolation OT - stroke surgery EDAT- 2013/11/12 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/03 06:00 PMCR- 2015/03/01 CRDT- 2013/11/12 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/10/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0166-4328(13)00672-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.047 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Brain Res. 2014 Mar 1;260:162-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.047. Epub 2013 Nov 5.