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Distinct alterations in motor

Overview of attention for article published in Brain, Behavior & Immunity, June 2016
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Title
Distinct alterations in motor & reward seeking behavior are dependent on the gestational age of exposure to LPS-induced maternal immune activation
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Brain, Behavior & Immunity, June 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.06.002
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Megan E. Straley, Wesley Van Oeffelen, Sarah Theze, Aideen M. Sullivan, Siobhain M. O’Mahony, John F. Cryan, Gerard W. O’Keeffe

Abstract

The dopaminergic system is involved in motivation, reward and the associated motor activities. Mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) regulate motivation and reward, whereas those in the substantia nigra (SN) are essential for motor control. Defective VTA dopaminergic transmission has been implicated in schizophrenia, drug addiction and depression whereas dopaminergic neurons in the SN are lost in Parkinson's disease. Maternal immune activation (MIA) leading to in utero inflammation has been proposed to be a risk factor for these disorders, yet it is unclear how this stimulus can lead to the diverse disturbances in dopaminergic-driven behaviors that emerge at different stages of life in affected offspring. Here we report that gestational age is a critical determinant of the subsequent alterations in dopaminergic-driven behavior in rat offspring exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced MIA. Behavioral analysis revealed that MIA on gestational day 16 but not gestational day 12 resulted in biphasic impairments in motor behavior. Specifically, motor impairments were evident in early life, which were resolved by adolescence, but subsequently re-emerged in adulthood. In contrast, reward seeking behaviors were altered in offspring exposed MIA on gestational day 12. These changes were not due to a loss of dopaminergic neurons per se in the postnatal period, suggesting that they reflect functional changes in dopaminergic systems. This highlights that gestational age may be a key determinant of how MIA leads to distinct alterations in dopaminergic-driven behavior across the lifespan of affected offspring.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Unknown 120 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 20%
Student > Master 19 16%
Researcher 12 10%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 9%
Other 21 17%
Unknown 23 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 26 21%
Psychology 22 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 6%
Other 15 12%
Unknown 30 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2018.
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