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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2019

Programming of Stress-Sensitive Neurons and Circuits by Early-Life Experiences.

Jessica L Bolton, Annabel Katherine Short, Kristina A Simeone, Jennifer Daglian, Tallie Z Baram

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Jessica L BoltonDepartments of Pediatrics, Anatomy/Neurobiology, Neurology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Annabel Katherine ShortDepartments of Pediatrics, Anatomy/Neurobiology, Neurology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Kristina A SimeoneDepartments of Pediatrics, Anatomy/Neurobiology, Neurology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Jennifer DaglianDepartments of Pediatrics, Anatomy/Neurobiology, Neurology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.
Tallie Z BaramDepartments of Pediatrics, Anatomy/Neurobiology, Neurology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.

Funding

Structural & Network-Function Correlates of Fragmented Early-Life Across SpeciesP50MH096889 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BARAM, TALLIE Z. · 2013 to 2023
$25.4M
Effects of Early-Life Experience: Role of CRHR01MH073136 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BARAM, TALLIE Z. · 2005 to 2020
$4.6M
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH096889NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH073136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early-life experiences influence brain structure and function long-term, contributing to resilience or vulnerability to stress and stress-related disorders. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms by which early-life experiences program specific brain cells and circuits to shape life-long cognitive and emotional functions is crucial. We identify the population of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-expressing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) as a key, early target of early-life experiences. Adverse experiences increase excitatory neurotransmission onto PVN CRH cells, whereas optimal experiences, such as augmented and predictable maternal care, reduce the number and function of glutamatergic inputs onto this cell population. Altered synaptic neurotransmission is sufficient to initiate large-scale, enduring epigenetic re-programming within CRH-expressing neurons, associated with stress resilience and additional cognitive and emotional outcomes. Thus, the mechanisms by which early-life experiences influence the brain provide tractable targets for intervention.

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anhedoniabrown adipose tissuecircuitsCRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone)limited bedding and nestingNRSF (neuron-restrictive silencer factor)

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