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Dorsomedial Striatum (DMS) CB1R Signaling Promotes Pavlovian Devaluation Sensitivity in Male Long Evans Rats and Reduces DMS Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Both Sexes.

Catherine A Stapf, Sara E Keefer, Jessica M McInerney, Joseph F Cheer, Donna J Calu

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Catherine A StapfProgram in Neuroscience, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
Sara E KeeferDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
Jessica M McInerneyProgram in Neuroscience, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
Joseph F CheerProgram in Neuroscience, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
Donna J CaluProgram in Neuroscience, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 dcalu@som.umaryland.edu.

Funding

Role of basolateral amygdala projections in mediating individual differences in motivation and flexibilityR01DA043533 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI GOGERDCHI, DONNA CALU · 2017 to 2022
$2.3M
Sex Differences in Endocannabinoid Regulation of Behavioral FlexibilityF31DA057817 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI STAPF, CATHERINE A. · 2023 to 2024
$81k
NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA057817NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA043533
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Abstract

Cannabinoid receptor-1 (CB1R) signaling in the dorsal striatum regulates the shift from flexible to habitual behavior in instrumental outcome devaluation. Based on prior work establishing individual-, sex-, and experience-dependent differences in pavlovian behaviors, we predicted a role for dorsomedial striatum (DMS) CB1R signaling in driving rigid responding in pavlovian autoshaping and outcome devaluation. We trained male and female Long Evans rats in pavlovian lever autoshaping (PLA). We gave intra-DMS infusions of the CB1R inverse agonist, rimonabant, before satiety-induced outcome devaluation test sessions, where we sated rats on training pellets or home cage chow and tested them in brief nonreinforced PLA sessions. Overall, inhibition of DMS CB1R signaling prevented pavlovian outcome devaluation but did not affect behavior in reinforced PLA sessions. Males were sensitive to devaluation while females were not, and DMS CB1R blockade impaired devaluation sensitivity in males. Because these results suggest DMS CB1R signaling supports flexible responding, we investigated how DMS CB1R signaling impacts local inhibitory synaptic transmission in male and female Long Evans rats. We recorded spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSC) from DMS neurons at baseline and after application of a CB1R agonist, WIN 55,212-2. We found that male rats showed decreased sIPSC frequency compared with females and that CB1R activation reduced DMS inhibitory transmission independent of sex. Altogether our results demonstrate that DMS CB1Rs regulate pavlovian devaluation sensitivity and DMS inhibitory synaptic transmission and suggest that basal sex differences in inhibitory synaptic transmission may underly sex differences in DMS function and behavioral flexibility.

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Conditioning, ClassicalCorpus StriatumInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1Synaptic TransmissionAnimalsFemaleMaleRatsRats, Long-EvansRimonabantSex CharacteristicsSignal TransductionReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1Rimonabantdevaluationdorsal striatumendocannabinoidspavlovian conditioningsex differences

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PMID39746803
PMCPMC11779511

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