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ArticlePsychopharmacology2015

Persistent modification of forebrain networks and metabolism in rats following adolescent exposure to a 5-HT7 receptor agonist.

Rossella Canese, Francesca Zoratto, Luisa Altabella, Paola Porcari, Laura Mercurio, Francesco de Pasquale, Erica Butti, Gianvito Martino, Enza Lacivita, Marcello Leopoldo and 2 more

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Rossella CaneseDepartment of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, Rome, 00161, Italy, rossella.canese@iss.it.
Francesca Zoratto
Luisa Altabella
Paola Porcari
Laura Mercurio
Francesco de Pasquale
Erica Butti
Gianvito Martino
Enza Lacivita
Marcello Leopoldo
Giovanni Laviola
Walter Adriani
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITSan Raffaele University of Rome · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleThe serotonin 7 receptor (5-HT7-R) is part of a neuro-transmission system with a proposed role in neural plasticity and in mood, cognitive or sleep regulation.

objectivesWe investigated long-term consequences of sub-chronic treatment, during adolescence (43-45 to 47-49 days old) in rats, with a novel 5-HT7-R agonist (LP-211, 0 or 0.250 mg/kg/day).

methodsWe evaluated behavioural changes as well as forebrain structural/functional modifications by in vivo magnetic resonance (MR) in a 4.7 T system, followed by ex vivo histology.

resultsAdult rats pre-treated during adolescence showed reduced anxiety-related behaviour, in terms of reduced avoidance in the light/dark test and a less fragmented pattern of exploration in the novel object recognition test. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) revealed decreased mean diffusivity (MD) in the amygdala, increased fractional anisotropy (FA) in the hippocampus (Hip) and reduced axial (D||) together with increased radial (D⊥) diffusivity in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). An increased neural dendritic arborization was confirmed in the NAcc by ex vivo histology. Seed-based functional MR imaging (fMRI) identified increased strength of connectivity within and between "limbic" and "cortical" loops, with affected cross-correlations between amygdala, NAcc and Hip. The latter displayed enhanced connections through the dorsal striatum (dStr) to dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex (dl-PFC) and cerebellum. Functional connection also increased between amygdala and limbic elements such as NAcc, orbito-frontal cortex (OFC) and hypothalamus. MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) indicated that adolescent LP-211 exposure increased glutamate and total creatine in the adult Hip.

conclusionsPersistent MR-detectable modifications indicate a rearrangement within forebrain networks, accounting for long-lasting behavioural changes as a function of developmental 5-HT7-R stimulation.

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Age FactorsAnimalsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNerve NetPiperazinesProsencephalonRatsRats, WistarReceptors, SerotoninSerotonin Receptor AgonistsN-(4-cyanophenylmethyl)-4-(2-diphenyl)-1-piperazinehexanamidePiperazinesReceptors, Serotoninserotonin 7 receptorSerotonin Receptor Agonists

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