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ArticleOncotarget2016

Dopamine D2 gene expression interacts with environmental enrichment to impact lifespan and behavior.

Panayotis K Thanos, John Hamilton, Joseph R O'Rourke, Anthony Napoli, Marcelo Febo, Nora D Volkow, Kenneth Blum, Mark Gold

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Panayotis K ThanosBehavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
John HamiltonBehavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Joseph R O'RourkeBehavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Anthony NapoliDepartment of Psychology, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY, USA.
Marcelo FeboDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Nora D VolkowNIDA, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Kenneth BlumDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Mark GoldDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Buffalo Psychiatric Center · USUniversity of Florida · USSuffolk County Community College · US

Funding

Neurobiology of Substance Abuse and AddictionZIAAA000550 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI VOLKOW, NORA D. · 2009 to 2025
$115.1M
Mapping the Genes for Ethanol-Related PhenotypesR01AA011034 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI HITZEMANN, ROBERT J. · 1996 to 2014
$5.1M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA011034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging produces cellular, molecular, and behavioral changes affecting many areas of the brain. The dopamine (DA) system is known to be vulnerable to the effects of aging, which regulate behavioral functions such as locomotor activity, body weight, and reward and cognition. In particular, age-related DA D2 receptor (D2R) changes have been of particular interest given its relationship with addiction and other rewarding behavioral properties. Male and female wild-type (Drd2 +/+), heterozygous (Drd2 +/-) and knockout (Drd2 -/-) mice were reared post-weaning in either an enriched environment (EE) or a deprived environment (DE). Over the course of their lifespan, body weight and locomotor activity was assessed. While an EE was generally found to be correlated with longer lifespan, these increases were only found in mice with normal or decreased expression of the D2 gene. Drd2 +/+ EE mice lived nearly 16% longer than their DE counterparts. Drd2 +/+ and Drd2 +/- EE mice lived 22% and 21% longer than Drd2 -/- EE mice, respectively. Moreover, both body weight and locomotor activity were moderated by environmental factors. In addition, EE mice show greater behavioral variability between genotypes compared to DE mice with respect to body weight and locomotor activity.

Indexed as

Gene-Environment InteractionGene ExpressionAnimalsBody WeightDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsFemaleGenotypeLongevityMaleMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMotor ActivityReceptors, Dopamine D2DopamineDRD2 protein, mouseReceptors, Dopamine D2agingcognitionD2environmental enrichmentexerciseGerotarget

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PMID26992232
PMCPMC4991369
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