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ArticleBiological psychiatry2019

Perineuronal Nets, Inhibitory Interneurons, and Anxiety-Related Ventral Hippocampal Neuronal Oscillations Are Altered by Early Life Adversity.

Sahana Murthy, Gary A Kane, Nicole J Katchur, Paula S Lara Mejia, Gracious Obiofuma, Timothy J Buschman, Bruce S McEwen, Elizabeth Gould

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Article in Biological psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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86 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sahana MurthyPrinceton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Gary A KanePrinceton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Nicole J KatchurPrinceton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Paula S Lara MejiaPrinceton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Gracious ObiofumaPrinceton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Timothy J BuschmanPrinceton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Bruce S McEwenLaboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
Elizabeth GouldPrinceton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Electronic address: goulde@princeton.edu.
Princeton University · USRockefeller University · US

Funding

Investigating steroid hormones, neurosteroids, and perineuronal nets in early life adversity-induced changes in hippocampal functionR01MH117459 · NIMH · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Elizabeth Gould · 2018 to 2026
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH117459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn humans, accumulated adverse experiences during childhood increase the risk of anxiety disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In rodents, the ventral hippocampus (vHIP) is associated with anxiety regulation, and lesions in this region alter both anxiety-like behavior and activity levels. Neuronal oscillations in the vHIP of the theta frequency range (4-12 Hz) have been implicated in anxious states and derive in part from the activity of inhibitory interneurons in the hippocampus, some of which are enwrapped with perineuronal nets (PNNs), extracellular matrix structures known to regulate plasticity. We sought to investigate the associations among early life stress-induced anxiety and hyperactivity with vHIP neuronal oscillations, inhibitory interneurons, and PNNs in mice.

methodsWe used repeated maternal separation with early weaning (MSEW) to model accumulated early life adversity in mouse offspring and studied the underlying cellular and electrophysiological changes in the vHIP that are associated with excessive anxiety and hyperactivity.

resultsWe found increased anxiety-like behavior and activity levels in MSEW adult males, along with increased theta power and enhanced theta-gamma coupling in the vHIP. MSEW mice showed reduced intensity of parvalbumin as well as increased PNN intensity around parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the vHIP. We further observed that MSEW increased orthodenticle homeobox protein 2, a transcription factor promoting PNN development, in the choroid plexus, where it is produced, as well as in parvalbumin-positive interneurons, where it is sequestered.

conclusionsThese findings raise the possibility of causal links among parvalbumin-positive interneurons, PNNs, orthodenticle homeobox protein 2, and MSEW-induced anxiety and hyperactivity.

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Brain WavesAnimalsAnxietyExtracellular MatrixFemaleHippocampusInterneuronsMaleMaternal DeprivationMice, Inbred C57BLNeural PathwaysNeuronsAnxietyEarly life stressInterneuronsPerineuronal netsTheta rhythmVentral hippocampus

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