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  • [Biochem Biophys Res Commun.] Developmental complex trauma induces the dysfunction of the amygdala-mPFC circuit in the serotonergic and dopaminergic systems

    [Biochem Biophys Res Commun.] Developmental complex trauma induces the dysfunction of the amygdala-mPFC circuit in the serotonergic and dopaminergic systems

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  • 출처
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun.
  • 등재일
    2022 Mar 16
  • 저널이슈번호
    605:104-110. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.03.069.
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    Abstract
    Developmental complex trauma is strongly associated with various psychiatric disorders in adulthood. Multiple lines of evidence have demonstrated that the amygdala-mPFC circuit regulates emotion and plays an important role in stress reactions. However, most studies on developmental trauma have mainly focused on neurological aspects in biological, behavioral, and structural changes with regard to a single stressor. In the present study, after applying complex stressors to the developmental phase, we would like to elucidate the functional changes in amygdala-mPFC circuit in the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems in the adult brain. Here, maternal separation and restraint stress were used to generate the trauma. The results showed that the body weights and corticosterone levels of animals exposed to developmental trauma decreased when compared to controls. In the neuroendocrine aspect, trauma leads to changes in proinflammatory cytokines, resulting in a decrease in IL-β and an increase in TNF-α. In the neuroPET studies, the developmental trauma group displayed a reduction in serotonergic and dopaminergic PET uptake in the amygdala and mPFC. Collectively, our results indicate that developmental trauma weakens the serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in the amygdala-mPFC circuit.

     

     

    Affiliations

    Se Jong Oh  1 , Kyung Rok Nam  1 , Namhun Lee  1 , Kyung Jun Kang  1 , Kyo Chul Lee  1 , Yong Jin Lee  1 , Jae Yong Choi  2
    1 Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, 75 Nowon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
    2 Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, 75 Nowon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea; Radiological and Medico-Oncological Sciences, University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: smhany@kirams.re.kr.

  • 키워드
    Amygdala-mPFC circuit; Developmental trauma; Dopamine; Positron emission tomography; Serotonin; Stress.
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