PMID- 30254575 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1662-5153 (Print) IS - 1662-5153 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5153 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2018 TI - Neurobiology of Wild and Hatchery-Reared Atlantic Salmon: How Nurture Drives Neuroplasticity. PG - 210 LID - 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00210 [doi] LID - 210 AB - Life experiences in the rearing environment shape the neural and behavioral plasticity of animals. In fish stocking practices, the hatchery environment is relatively stimulus-deprived and does not optimally prepare fish for release into the wild. While the behavioral differences between wild and hatchery-reared fish have been examined to some extent, few studies have compared neurobiological characteristics between wild and hatchery-reared individuals. Here, we compare the expression of immediate early gene cfos and neuroplasticity marker brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf) in telencephalic subregions associated with processing of stimuli in wild and hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon at basal and 30 min post (acute) stress conditions. Using in situ hybridization, we found that the expression level of these markers is highly specific per neuronal region and affected by both the origin of the fish, and exposure to acute stress. Expression of cfos was increased by stress in all brain regions and cfos was more highly expressed in the Dlv (functional equivalent to the mammalian hippocampus) of hatchery-reared compared to wild fish. Expression of bdnf was higher overall in hatchery fish, while acute stress upregulated bdnf in the Dm (functional equivalent to the mammalian amygdala) of wild, but not hatchery individuals. Our findings demonstrate that the hatchery environment affects neuroplasticity and neural activation in brain regions that are important for learning processes and stress reactivity, providing a neuronal foundation for the behavioral differences observed between wild and hatchery-reared fish. FAU - Mes, Daan AU - Mes D AD - Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway. FAU - von Krogh, Kristine AU - von Krogh K AD - Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway. FAU - Gorissen, Marnix AU - Gorissen M AD - Department of Animal Ecology and Physiology, Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. FAU - Mayer, Ian AU - Mayer I AD - Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway. FAU - Vindas, Marco A AU - Vindas MA AD - Uni Environment, Uni Research AS, Bergen, Norway. AD - Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. AD - Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180911 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Behav Neurosci JT - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience JID - 101477952 PMC - PMC6141658 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Atlantic salmon OT - bdnf OT - cfos OT - fish stocking OT - immediate early gene OT - in situ hybridization OT - neuroplasticity EDAT- 2018/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2018/09/27 06:01 PMCR- 2018/01/01 CRDT- 2018/09/27 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/09/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00210 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Sep 11;12:210. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00210. eCollection 2018.