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Effects of psycho-social stress during pregnancy on neuroendocrine and behavioural parameters in lactation depend on the genetically determined stress vulnerability.

Abstract：

:The neuroendocrine consequences of repeated exposure of the pregnant mother to relevant stressors have been studied in the offspring, but not in the mothers. As these stress effects might depend on the genetically determined stress susceptibility of the dams, here, we investigated the effects of daily exposure to psycho-social stressors (maternal defeat by an aggressive lactating resident and restraint) between pregnancy days 4 and 18 in female rats selectively and bidirectionally bred for high (HAB) or low (LAB) anxiety-related behaviour. ACTH and corticosterone secretory responses to a mild stressor were found to be low in unstressed lactating HAB and LAB dams (day 8 of lactation) indicating an intact physiological attenuation of the HPA axis at this time. Pregnancy stress significantly increased the reactivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in lactating HAB, but not LAB rats, reflecting impaired attenuation of the HPA axis selectively in pregnancy-stressed HAB dams. The high and low anxiety phenotypes were consistent in lactation and not significantly altered by pregnancy stress, despite an elevated level of arousal in pregnancy-stressed HAB dams. In general, HAB dams showed signs of a more protective maternal behaviour compared to LAB dams: (i) in the home cage, HAB dams spent more time in direct pup contact (day 1 of lactation), (ii) during two forms of the pup retrieval test, differing in the level of challenging the dam, HAB dams retrieved the pups faster, and (iii) during the maternal defence test, they were more aggressive towards a virgin intruder compared to LAB and NAB dams. Pregnancy stress did not alter any of these behavioural measures, except an increase in the speed of pup collection in a novel environment in HAB dams and increased maternal aggression in LAB dams. The results indicate a robust behavioural phenotype of HAB and LAB dams with respect to anxiety and maternal behaviour which was found to be almost unchanged by exposure to pregnancy stress. However, the finding of differential effects of pregnancy stress on the attenuation of the reactivity of the HPA axis in lactation makes HAB and LAB rats a potential animal model for studying genetically determined differences in stress vulnerability and stress-induced maladaptation of the HPA axis post-partum.

journal_name

Psychoneuroendocrinology

journal_title

Psychoneuroendocrinology

authors

Neumann ID,Krömer SA,Bosch OJ

doi

10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.03.008

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-09-01 00:00:00

pages

791-806

issue

eissn

0306-4530

issn

1873-3360

pii

S0306-4530(05)00067-3

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Effects of psycho-social stress during pregnancy on neuroendocrine and behavioural parameters in lactation depend on the genetically determined stress vulnerability.