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Effects of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Overexpression on Anxiety and Memory after Early Life Stress in Female Mice

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Title
Effects of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Overexpression on Anxiety and Memory after Early Life Stress in Female Mice
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2016
DOI 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00374
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Sofia Kanatsou, Judith P. Ter Horst, Anjanette P. Harris, Jonathan R. Seckl, Harmen J. Krugers, Marian Joëls

Abstract

Early-life stress (ELS) is a risk factor for the development of psychopathology, particularly in women. Human studies have shown that certain haplotypes of NR3C2, encoding the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), that result in gain of function, may protect against the consequences of stress exposure, including childhood trauma. Here, we tested the hypothesis that forebrain-specific overexpression of MR in female mice would ameliorate the effects of ELS on anxiety and memory in adulthood. We found that ELS increased anxiety, did not alter spatial discrimination and reduced contextual fear memory in adult female mice. Transgenic overexpression of MR did not alter anxiety but affected spatial memory performance and enhanced contextual fear memory formation. The effects of ELS on anxiety and contextual fear were not affected by transgenic overexpression of MR. Thus, MR overexpression in the forebrain does not represent a major resilience factor to early life adversity in female mice.

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Country Count As %
Mexico 1 2%
Unknown 52 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 17%
Student > Master 7 13%
Researcher 7 13%
Professor 4 8%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 9 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 16 30%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 9%
Psychology 3 6%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 13 25%
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