PMID- 30266584 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190611 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-507X (Electronic) IS - 0031-9384 (Linking) VI - 197 DP - 2018 Dec 1 TI - Neonatal handling impairs intradimensional shift and alters plasticity markers in the medial prefrontal cortex of adult rats. PG - 29-36 LID - S0031-9384(18)30376-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.09.015 [doi] AB - Stress response can be modulated by neonatal/childhood events. Neonatal handling (NH) is an animal model in which the animals are subjected to brief separations from the dam during the first days of life, and it leads to lower emotionality and behavioral changes in adulthood. The aim of this study was to observe if early events, such as (NH), may program associative learning and behavioral flexibility in adult male rats and if these changes could be related to altered neurochemistry in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). We evaluated proteins related to synaptic plasticity (brain-derived neurotrophic factor [BDNF] and synaptophysin [SYP]) as well as Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity. Additionally, we evaluated proteins related to the dopaminergic system (tyrosine hydroxylase [TH] and phosphorylated TH [pTH]), since this system appears to be affected in some neonatal interventions. Neonatally handled animals exhibited impairment in simple discrimination and intradimensional shift but not in reversal or compound discrimination; in addition, no alteration in switching from an egocentric spatial to a cued strategy was observed. These effects were accompanied by a decrease in SYP levels and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity, suggesting reduced synaptic function. These results indicate that NH increases attention to irrelevant stimuli and/or impairs associative learning, and this is accompanied by neurochemical alterations in the (mPFC). CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Lazzaretti, Camilla AU - Lazzaretti C AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Neurociencias, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Centro Universitario Cenecista de Osorio (UNICNEC), Osorio, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: camilla.lazzaretti@yahoo.com.br. FAU - Kincheski, Grasielle Clotildes AU - Kincheski GC AD - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Pandolfo, Pablo AU - Pandolfo P AD - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Krolow, Rachel AU - Krolow R AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Toniazzo, Ana Paula AU - Toniazzo AP AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Arcego, Danusa Mar AU - Arcego DM AD - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - de Sa Couto-Pereira, Natividade AU - de Sa Couto-Pereira N AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Zeidan-Chulia, Fares AU - Zeidan-Chulia F AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - de Oliveira, Ben-Hur Neves AU - de Oliveira BN AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Bertolini, Diego AU - Bertolini D AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Breunig, Raquel Luisa AU - Breunig RL AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Ferreira, Andrea Kurek AU - Ferreira AK AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Kolling, Janaina AU - Kolling J AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Siebert, Cassiana AU - Siebert C AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Wyse, Angela Teresinha AU - Wyse AT AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Souza, Tadeu Mello E AU - Souza TME AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Neurociencias, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Dalmaz, Carla AU - Dalmaz C AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Neurociencias, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas: Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude (ICBS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180925 PL - United States TA - Physiol Behav JT - Physiology & behavior JID - 0151504 RN - 0 (Bdnf protein, rat) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Synaptophysin) RN - 0 (Syp protein, rat) RN - EC 1.14.16.2 (Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase) RN - EC 7.2.2.13 (Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Attention/physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Executive Function/physiology MH - *Handling, Psychological MH - Learning/physiology MH - Learning Disabilities/etiology/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Neuronal Plasticity/*physiology MH - Prefrontal Cortex/*growth & development/*metabolism MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/metabolism MH - Stress, Psychological/*metabolism MH - Synaptophysin/metabolism MH - Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Attentional set shifting task OT - Biochemical parameters OT - Neonatal handling OT - Prefrontal cortex OT - Task switching EDAT- 2018/09/30 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/14 06:00 CRDT- 2018/09/30 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/09/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0031-9384(18)30376-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.09.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Behav. 2018 Dec 1;197:29-36. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.09.015. Epub 2018 Sep 25.