Sex differences in social interaction behaviors in rats are mediated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 expression in the medial prefrontal cortex.

Abstract:

:Considerable sex differences occur in the incidence and prevalence of anxiety disorders where women are more anxious than men, particularly in situations where social interaction is required. In preclinical studies, the social interaction test represents a valid animal model to study sex differences in social anxiety. Indeed, female rats engage less in conspecific interactions than their male counterparts, which are behaviors indicative of higher social anxiety in female rats. In this work, we implicated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in mediating social interaction. Indeed, female rats' had lower ERK2 expression compared to male rats, and overexpression of ERK2 in the mPFC increases their social interaction to the level seen in their male counterparts. These data indicate that the sexually dimorphic expression of ERK2 mediates social anxiety-like behaviors.

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

Carrier N,Kabbaj M

doi

10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.03.041

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-06-14 00:00:00

pages

86-92

eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

pii

S0306-4522(12)00308-9

journal_volume

212

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