General Physiology and Biophysics Vol.38, No.2, p.187

General Physiology and Biophysics Vol.38, No.2, p.187–190, 2019

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General Physiology and Biophysics Vol.38, No.2, p.187–190, 2019
Title: Chronic predator scent stress alters serotonin and dopamine levels in the rat thalamus and hypothalamus, respectively
Author: E. Dremencov, M. Lapshin, M. Komelkova, A. Alliluev, O. Tseilikman, M. Karpenko, N. Pestereva, E. Manukhina, H. F. Downey, V. Tseilikman

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic predator scent stress (PSS) on monoamine levels in rat thalamus and hypothalamus. Rats were exposed to the PSS (sand containing cat urine) for ten minutes daily for ten days. Control animals were exposed to the sand containing clean water. Fifteen days later, rats’ behavior and thalamic and hypothalamic levels of monoamines were analyzed. PSS rats had elevated anxiety, increased thalamic serotonin and decreased hypothalamic dopamine concentrations. This decrease in hypothalamic dopamine may explain, at least in part, lowered corticosterone levels observed in PSS animals in our previous studies.

Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder, Predator scent stress, Serotonin, Norepinephrine, Dopamine, HPLC
	Published online: 25-Mar-2019
Year: 2019, Volume: 38, Issue: 2	Page From: 187, Page To: 190
doi:10.4149/gpb_2019003
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