PMID- 26327809 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160627 LR - 20181113 IS - 1449-2288 (Electronic) IS - 1449-2288 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 10 DP - 2015 TI - Beneficial Effects of Highly Palatable Food on the Behavioral and Neural Adversities induced by Early Life Stress Experience in Female Rats. PG - 1150-9 LID - 10.7150/ijbs.12044 [doi] AB - This study examined the effects of highly palatable food during adolescence on the psycho-emotional and neural disturbances caused by early life stress experience in female rats. Female Sprague-Dawley pups were separated from dam for 3 h daily during the first two weeks of birth (MS) or left undisturbed (NH). Half of MS females received free access to chocolate cookies in addition to ad libitum chow from postnatal day 28. Pups were subjected to the behavioral tests during young adulthood. The plasma corticosterone response to acute stress, DeltaFosB and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in the brain regions were analyzed. Total caloric intake and body weight gain during the whole experimental period did not differ among the experimental groups. Cookie access during adolescence and youth improved anxiety-/depression-like behaviors by MS experience. DeltaFosB expression was decreased, but BDNF was increased in the nucleus accumbens of MS females, and DeltaFosB expression was normalized and BDNF was further increased following cookie access. Corticosterone response to acute stress was blunted by MS experience and cookie access did not improve it. Results suggest that cookie access during adolescence improves the psycho-emotional disturbances of MS females, and DeltaFosB and/or BDNF expression in the nucleus accumbens may play a role in its underlying neural mechanisms. FAU - Kim, Jin Young AU - Kim JY AD - 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, 110-768, Korea. FAU - Lee, Jong-Ho AU - Lee JH AD - 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, 110-768, Korea. FAU - Kim, Doyun AU - Kim D AD - 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, 110-768, Korea ; 2. Department of Brain Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Dae Gu, 711-873, Korea. FAU - Kim, Soung-Min AU - Kim SM AD - 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, 110-768, Korea. FAU - Koo, JaeHyung AU - Koo J AD - 2. Department of Brain Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Dae Gu, 711-873, Korea. FAU - Jahng, Jeong Won AU - Jahng JW AD - 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, 110-768, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150801 PL - Australia TA - Int J Biol Sci JT - International journal of biological sciences JID - 101235568 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Fosb protein, rat) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos) RN - W980KJ009P (Corticosterone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anxiety/diet therapy MH - Behavior, Animal MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Corticosterone/blood MH - Depression/diet therapy MH - Feeding Behavior/*psychology MH - Female MH - Food MH - Nucleus Accumbens/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/*metabolism MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - *Stress, Psychological MH - Weight Gain PMC - PMC4551751 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Early life stress OT - Female OT - Highly palatable food OT - Nucleus accumbens COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists. EDAT- 2015/09/04 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/28 06:00 PMCR- 2015/01/01 CRDT- 2015/09/02 06:00 PHST- 2015/03/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/07/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijbsv11p1150 [pii] AID - 10.7150/ijbs.12044 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Biol Sci. 2015 Aug 1;11(10):1150-9. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.12044. eCollection 2015.