Fear-reducing effects of intra-amygdala neuropeptide Y infusion in animal models of conditioned fear: an NPY Y1 receptor independent effect
| العنوان: | Fear-reducing effects of intra-amygdala neuropeptide Y infusion in animal models of conditioned fear: an NPY Y1 receptor independent effect |
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| المؤلفون: | Doncho P. Uzunov, Kevin H. McAllister, Frederique Chaperon, Markus Fendt, Stefan Imobersteg, David Orain, Kurt Lingenhöhl, Hugo Bürki |
| المصدر: | Psychopharmacology. 206:291-301 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Conditioning, Classical, Central nervous system, Neuropeptide, Peptide hormone, Arginine, Fear-potentiated startle, Amygdala, Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense, Mice, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, Animals, Neuropeptide Y, Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic, Receptor, Mice, Knockout, Pharmacology, Analysis of Variance, Electroshock, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Antagonist, Fear, Neuropeptide Y receptor, Peptide Fragments, humanities, Receptors, Neuropeptide Y, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Endocrinology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Gene Expression Regulation, nervous system, Mice, Inbred DBA, Models, Animal, Psychology |
| الوصف: | Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and its receptors are densely localized in brain regions involved in the mediation and modulation of fear, including the amygdala. Several studies showed that central NPY is involved in the modulation of fear and anxiety. In the present study, we investigated (1) whether intra-amygdala injections of NPY affect the expression of conditioned fear and (2) whether NPY Y1 receptors (Y1R) mediates the effects of these intra-amygdaloid NPY injections. Intra-amygdala NPY injections robustly decreased the expression of conditioned fear measured by conditioned freezing and fear-potentiated startle. These NPY effects were not mimicked by intra-amygdala injections of the Y1R agonists Y-28 or Y-36, and co-infusion of the Y1R antagonist BIBO 3304 did not block the NPY effects. Furthermore, we tested Y1R-deficient mice in conditioned freezing and found no differences between wild type and mutant littermates. Finally, we injected NPY into the amygdala of Y1R-deficient mice. Y1R deficiency had no effect on the fear-reducing effects of intra-amygdala NPY. These data show an important role of the transmitter NPY within the amygdala for the expression of conditioned fear. Y1R do not appear to be involved in the mediation of the observed intra-amygdala NPY effects suggesting that these effects are mediated via other NPY receptors. |
| تدمد: | 1432-2072 0033-3158 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b834b174233d79eed435d36de9b848fcTest https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-009-1610-8Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b834b174233d79eed435d36de9b848fc |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14322072 00333158 |
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