Formation of an Anxious-Depressive State in an Experimental Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Prenatally Stressed Female Rats

The characteristics of the formation of a pathological state in an experimental model of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adult female rats born to mothers subjected to daily restraint stress during the last third of pregnancy were studied. Both control and prenatally stressed female rats de...

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Published in:Neuroscience and behavioral physiology 2013-07, Vol.43 (6), p.712-717
Main Authors: Ordyan, N. E., Pivina, S. G., Fedotova, Yu. O., Rakitskaya, V. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Behavioral Sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Feedback
Females
Laboratory animals
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
Physiology
Post traumatic stress disorder
Pregnancy
Psychopathology
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Summary:The characteristics of the formation of a pathological state in an experimental model of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adult female rats born to mothers subjected to daily restraint stress during the last third of pregnancy were studied. Both control and prenatally stressed female rats developed a pathological state after severe combined stress and subsequent restress, with long-lasting increases in anxiety and enhanced fast feedback inhibition of stress-related hypophyseal-adrenocortical system (HAS) activity. However, while development of the pathological state in control animals progressed to the anxiety type, prenatally stressed animals developed not only anxiety, but also increased depression-like behavior, i.e., an anxiety-depression disorder developed. These data are interpreted in the light of the interaction between the characteristics of HAS activity in prenatally stressed females and the predisposition of these animals to developing poststress pathology.
ISSN:0097-0549
1573-899X
DOI:10.1007/s11055-013-9798-9