期刊
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 194, 期 1, 页码 25-31出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.06.018
关键词
perinatal; lipopolysaccharicle; cytokines; interleukin-1; anxiety; sickness behavior; bacterial endotoxin; learning
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R21-MH067070-01A1]
Infection during infancy, a time of critical neural development, may have long-term implications. Infection OF exposure to an immune stimulus such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) early in life leads to alterations in the reactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ad renal axis (HPA) and febrile response in adulthood. Relatively few studies have assessed the behavioral and cognitive alterations induced by perinatal immune challenge. The data indicate that neonatal immune activation may alter adulthood behaviorwith, or sometimes without, subsequent adulthood exposure, depending on the study. The current study investigated the behavioral effects and IL-1 beta transcription following intraperitoneal LPS administration on postnatal days (PNDs) 4 and 5, and subsequent LPS or saline administration in adulthood. Alterations in anxiety, motor behavior, and learning were assessed in male and female subjects. The results indicate that neonatal endotoxin exposure attenuated the LPS-induced decrease in motor behavior in female, but not male, subjects. Furthermore, perinatal immune activation disrupted avoidance learning in male, but not female, subjects in the absence of adulthood LPS administration. In addition, for male subjects, neonatal LPS exposure diminished central IL-1 beta gene transcription following adulthood LPS administration. These findings indicate that perinatal endotoxin exposure may lead to alterations in the behavioral response to adulthood LPS administration, and provide evidence that early immune activation alone may trigger alterations in adulthood learning ability. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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