PMID- 28797603 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180522 LR - 20180522 IS - 1872-7549 (Electronic) IS - 0166-4328 (Linking) VI - 335 DP - 2017 Sep 29 TI - Chronic traumatic stress impairs memory in mice: Potential roles of acetylcholine, neuroinflammation and corticotropin releasing factor expression in the hippocampus. PG - 32-40 LID - S0166-4328(17)30969-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.08.013 [doi] AB - Chronic stress in humans can result in multiple adverse psychiatric and neurobiological outcomes, including memory deficits. These adverse outcomes can be more severe if each episode of stress is very traumatic. When compared to acute or short term stress relatively little is known about the effects of chronic traumatic stress on memory and molecular changes in hippocampus, a brain area involved in memory processing. Here we studied the effects of chronic traumatic stress in mice by exposing them to adult Long Evan rats for 28 consecutive days and subsequently analyzing behavioral outcomes and the changes in the hippocampus. Results show that stressed mice developed memory deficits when assayed with radial arm maze tasks. However, chronic traumatic stress did not induce anxiety, locomotor hyperactivity or anhedonia. In the hippocampus of stressed mice interleukin-1beta protein expression was increased along with decreased corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) gene expression. Furthermore, there was a reduction in acetylcholine levels in the hippocampus of stressed mice. There were no changes in brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) or nerve growth factor (NGF) levels in the hippocampus of stressed mice. Gene expression of immediate early genes (Zif268, Arc, C-Fos) as well as glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors were also not affected by chronic stress. These data demonstrate that chronic traumatic stress followed by a recovery period might lead to development of resilience resulting in the development of selected, most vulnerable behavioral alterations and molecular changes in the hippocampus. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Bhakta, Ami AU - Bhakta A AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75428, United States. FAU - Gavini, Kartheek AU - Gavini K AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75428, United States. FAU - Yang, Euitaek AU - Yang E AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75428, United States. FAU - Lyman-Henley, Lani AU - Lyman-Henley L AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75428, United States. FAU - Parameshwaran, Kodeeswaran AU - Parameshwaran K AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75428, United States. Electronic address: kparameshwaran@tamuc.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170808 PL - Netherlands TA - Behav Brain Res JT - Behavioural brain research JID - 8004872 RN - 0 (Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone) RN - 9015-71-8 (Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone) RN - N9YNS0M02X (Acetylcholine) SB - IM MH - Acetylcholine/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Anxiety MH - Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Hippocampus/metabolism MH - Learning/physiology MH - Male MH - Memory/*physiology MH - Memory Disorders/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neurogenic Inflammation/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Long-Evans MH - Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone/metabolism MH - Stress, Psychological/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - CRH OT - Chronic OT - Hippocampus OT - Inflammation OT - Memory OT - Stress EDAT- 2017/08/12 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/23 06:00 CRDT- 2017/08/12 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/07/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/08/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0166-4328(17)30969-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.08.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Brain Res. 2017 Sep 29;335:32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.08.013. Epub 2017 Aug 8.