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ArticleBehavioural brain research2021

Increased alcohol self-administration following exposure to the predator odor TMT in active coping female rats.

Laura C Ornelas, Ryan E Tyler, Preethi Irukulapati, Sudheesha Paladugu, Joyce Besheer

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Article in Behavioural brain research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura C OrnelasBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, United States.
Ryan E TylerBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, United States; Neuroscience Curriculum, United States.
Preethi IrukulapatiBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, United States.
Sudheesha PaladuguBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, United States.
Joyce BesheerBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, United States; Neuroscience Curriculum, United States; Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States. Electronic address: joyce_besheer@med.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

UNC ARC Information/Dissemination CoreP60AA011605 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Clyde W Hodge · 2003 to 2026
$46.3M
UNC Initiative for Maximizing Student DevelopmentR25GM055336 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COOK, JEANETTE GOWEN, KASH, THOMAS L. · 1996 to 2023
$12.1M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN THE NEUROSCIENCEST32NS007431 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Juan Song, Mark J. Zylka · 1997 to 2026
$10.0M
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS IN ALCOHOLISMP50AA011605 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 1998 to 2002
$4.9M
Characterization of alcohol self-administration following predator odor exposure: relevance to PTSD-Diversity SupplementR01AA026537 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Joyce Besheer · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA011605NIAAA NIH HHS P60 AA011605NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026537NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM055336NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are highly comorbid. Additionally, individual differences in response to stress suggest resilient and susceptible populations. The current study exposed male and female Long Evans rats to the synthetically produced predator odor 2,5-dihydro-2,4,5-trimethylthiazoline (TMT) to examine individual differences in stress-reactive behaviors (digging and immobility) and whether these differences were related to subsequent alcohol drinking. Male and female Long Evans rats were trained on operant alcohol self-administration. After 9 sessions, rats underwent exposure to TMT or water (Control) in a distinct context. 6 days after TMT exposure, rats underwent re-exposure to the TMT-paired context (without TMT), and a series of behavioral assessments (acoustic startle, zero maze, light/dark box), after which rats resumed alcohol self-administration. TMT subgroups were created using a ratio of digging to immobility behavior during TMT exposure and rats with a ratio score < 1.0 or> 1.0 were grouped into TMT-1 (low digging/high immobility) or TMT-2 (high digging/low immobility), respectively. All male rats exposed to TMT met criteria for TMT-1, while female rats were divided into the two subgroups. In females, high digging/low immobility behavior during TMT exposure (TMT-2) was related to increased alcohol self-administration, but this was not observed in males or females that engaged in low digging/high immobility (TMT-1). These data show that individual differences in stress-reactivity can lead to lasting behavioral changes which may lead to a better understanding of increases in alcohol drinking following stress in females.

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IndividualityAdaptation, PsychologicalAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleOdorantsRatsRats, Long-EvansStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticStress, PsychologicalThiazoles2,4,5 trimethylthiazolineThiazolesAlcoholAlcohol use disorderIndividual differencesPost-traumatic stress disorderPredator odor stressSex differencesTMT

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PMID33333108
PMCPMC7882035
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