PMID- 30076998 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190329 LR - 20200930 IS - 1873-7544 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 388 DP - 2018 Sep 15 TI - BDNF and TrkB Mediate the Improvement from Chronic Stress-induced Spatial Memory Deficits and CA3 Dendritic Retraction. PG - 330-346 LID - S0306-4522(18)30531-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.07.049 [doi] AB - The brain is capable of improving from a chronically stressed state. The hippocampus in particular appears to "recover" from chronic stress-induced morphological and functional deficits following a post-stress rest period of several weeks. We previously found that hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was necessary for spatial ability to improve following a post-stress rest period. The following studies are the first to investigate the involvement of BDNF and its TrkB receptor on the recovery process following the end of chronic stress, as it pertains to hippocampal dendritic retraction and spatial memory deficits. In the first study, hippocampal BDNF was downregulated via RNA interference and then hippocampal CA3 and CA1 dendritic complexity were evaluated following chronic stress and a post-stress rest period in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Downregulating hippocampal BDNF prevented the enhancement of CA3 apical dendritic complexity following the rest period. Moreover, chronic stress and downregulated BDNF in the post-stress rest group led to regionally specific enhancements in CA1 dendritic complexity. In the second study, we tested whether the TrkB receptor was involved by administering daily systemic injections of ANA-12, a TrkB receptor antagonist, during the three-week post-stress rest period. ANA-12 prevented the improvement in spatial ability and CA3 apical dendritic complexity following the post-stress rest period. These data demonstrate that hippocampal BDNF acting via its TrkB receptor is necessary during the post-stress rest period in order to improve the impaired hippocampal structural and cognitive outcomes that occur in response to chronic stress. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Ortiz, J Bryce AU - Ortiz JB AD - Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. FAU - Anglin, Julia M AU - Anglin JM AD - Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. FAU - Daas, Eshaan J AU - Daas EJ AD - Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. FAU - Paode, Pooja R AU - Paode PR AD - Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. FAU - Nishimura, Kenji AU - Nishimura K AD - Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. FAU - Conrad, Cheryl D AU - Conrad CD AD - Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Electronic address: conradc@asu.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180802 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 RN - 0 (Bdnf protein, rat) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Ntrk2 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - CA1 Region, Hippocampal/metabolism/pathology MH - CA3 Region, Hippocampal/*metabolism/pathology MH - Chronic Disease MH - Dendrites/metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Memory Disorders/etiology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor, trkB/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Rest MH - Spatial Memory/*physiology MH - Stress, Psychological/*metabolism/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - TrkB OT - chronic stress OT - dendrites OT - hippocampus OT - spatial memory EDAT- 2018/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/30 06:00 CRDT- 2018/08/05 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/07/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0306-4522(18)30531-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.07.049 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2018 Sep 15;388:330-346. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.07.049. Epub 2018 Aug 2.