Role of the rostral dorsomedial column of the periaqueductal gray during social defeat in rats.

defensive behavior hypothalamus mesencephalon social fear social stress

Journal

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 1749-6632
Titre abrégé: Ann N Y Acad Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7506858

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Historique:
pubmed: 11 10 2023
medline: 11 10 2023
entrez: 11 10 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Previous studies showed that the dorsal premammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus (PMD) is involved in social passive defensive behaviors likely to be meditated by descending projections to the periaqueductal gray (PAG). We focused on the rostral dorsomedial PAG (rPAGdm) to reveal its putative neural mechanisms involved in mediating social defensive responses. By combining retrograde tracing and FOS expression analysis, we showed that in addition to the PMD, the rPAGdm is influenced by several brain sites active during social defeat. Next, we found that cytotoxic lesions of the rPAGdm drastically reduced passive defense and did not affect active defensive responses. We then examined the rPAGdm's projection pattern and found that the PAGdm projections are mostly restricted to midbrain sites, including the precommissural nucleus, different columns of the PAG, and the cuneiform nucleus (CUN). Also, we found decreased FOS expression in the caudal PAGdm, CUN, and PMD after the rPAGdm was lesioned. The results support that the rPAGdm mediates passive social defensive responses through ascending paths to prosencephalic circuits likely mediated by the CUN. This study provides further support for the role of the PAG in the modulation of behavioral responses by working as a unique hub for influencing prosencephalic sites during the mediation of aversive responses.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37818796
doi: 10.1111/nyas.15073
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

138-151

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Organisme : Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
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Organisme : Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
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Organisme : Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
ID : 2021/02864-9
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ID : 2022/07530-4
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Auteurs

Alisson Pinto de Almeida (AP)

Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Alicia Moraes Tamais (AM)

Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Carolina Zerbini (C)

Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Fernando Falkenburger Melleu (FF)

Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Newton Sabino Canteras (NS)

Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Simone Cristina Motta (SC)

Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

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