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Regional differences in desensitization of c-Fos expression following repeated self-stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle in the rat.

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:The acute self-stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle was reported to induce the expression of c-Fos, the protein product of c-fos, an immediate early gene, in the central nervous system. In the present study, we examined regional changes in c-Fos expression in several reward-related areas of rat brain in response to short- and long-term exposure to self-stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle. Short-term one-hour stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle for one day after training, which evoked steady self-stimulation behavior, significantly increased the number of c-Fos-positive neurons bilaterally in all of 15 brain structures assayed, as compared to the non-stimulation control. Among them, structures showing a larger number of the stained neurons on the stimulated side were the anterior olfactory nucleus, amygdala, medial caudate-putamen complex, lateral septum, bed nucleus of the stria terminals, ventral pallidum, substantia innominata, lateral preoptic area, medial preoptic area, lateral hypothalamus rostral to the stimulating electrodes, and substantia nigra. Long-term stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle once daily for five successive days, which maintained consistently stable self-stimulation behavior, also increased the number of c-Fos-positive neurons in the aforementioned structures, as compared to the control. However, the long-term rewarding stimulation diminished the increased number of labeled neurons, as compared to the short-term rewarding stimulation. Seven areas, medial caudate-putamen complex, ventral pallidum, substantia innominata, lateral preoptic area, medial preoptic area, rostral lateral hypothalamus and substantia nigra, showed asymmetrical, ipsilateral predominance after the short- and long-term stimulation. However, the stained neuron count in those areas after the long-term stimulation was reduced to less than 50% of that found after the short-term stimulation with the exception of lateral preoptic area and rostral lateral hypothalamus. The results suggest that the development of desensitization of c-Fos response may differ among the reward-relevant brain regions as a consequence of repeated self-stimulation. They also indicate that a larger portion of neurons in the lateral preoptic area and rostral lateral hypothalamus may be implicated in both short- and long-term self-stimulations of the medial forebrain bundle.

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

Nakahara D,Ishida Y,Nakamura M,Kuwahara I,Todaka K,Nishimori T

doi

10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00510-7

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pub_date

1999-03-01 00:00:00

pages

1013-20

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eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

pii

S0306-4522(98)00510-7

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Regional differences in desensitization of c-Fos expression following repeated self-stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle in the rat.