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ArticleNeuroscience bulletin2022

Association of Increased Amygdala Activity with Stress-Induced Anxiety but not Social Avoidance Behavior in Mice.

Shou-He Huang, Wei-Zhu Liu, Xia Qin, Chen-Yi Guo, Qing-Cheng Xiong, Yu Wang, Ping Hu, Bing-Xing Pan, Wen-Hua Zhang

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Article in Neuroscience bulletin, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shou-He Huang *Laboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China.
Wei-Zhu Liu *Laboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China.
Xia QinLaboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China.
Chen-Yi GuoLaboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China.
Qing-Cheng XiongLaboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China.
Yu WangLaboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China.
Ping HuInstitute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330001, China.
Bing-Xing PanLaboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China. panbingxing@ncu.edu.cn.
Wen-Hua ZhangLaboratory of Fear and Anxiety Disorders, Institutes of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China. whzhang@ncu.edu.cn.
Nanchang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic stress leads to many psychiatric disorders, including social and anxiety disorders that are associated with over-activation of neurons in the basolateral amygdala (BLA). However, not all individuals develop psychiatric diseases, many showing considerable resilience against stress exposure. Whether BLA neuronal activity is involved in regulating an individual's vulnerability to stress remains elusive. In this study, using a mouse model of chronic social defeat stress (CSDS), we divided the mice into susceptible and resilient subgroups based on their social interaction behavior. Using in vivo fiber photometry and in vitro patch-clamp recording, we showed that CSDS persistently (after 20 days of recovery from stress) increased BLA neuronal activity in all the mice regardless of their susceptible or resilient nature, although impaired social interaction behavior was only observed in susceptible mice. Increased anxiety-like behavior, on the other hand, was evident in both groups. Notably, the CSDS-induced increase of BLA neuronal activity correlated well with the heightened anxiety-like but not the social avoidance behavior in mice. These findings provide new insight to our understanding of the role of neuronal activity in the amygdala in mediating stress-related psychiatric disorders.

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Avoidance LearningStress, PsychologicalAmygdalaAnimalsAnxietyAnxiety DisordersMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSocial BehaviorAmygdalaAnxietyChronic stressFiber photometryNeuronal activityStress vulnerability

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PMID34494228
PMCPMC8782949
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