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CRH Engagement of the Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic System Mediates Stress-Induced Anxiety.


ABSTRACT: The locus coeruleus noradrenergic (LC-NE) system is one of the first systems engaged following a stressful event. While numerous groups have demonstrated that LC-NE neurons are activated by many different stressors, the underlying neural circuitry and the role of this activity in generating stress-induced anxiety has not been elucidated. Using a combination of in vivo chemogenetics, optogenetics, and retrograde tracing, we determine that increased tonic activity of the LC-NE system is necessary and sufficient for stress-induced anxiety and aversion. Selective inhibition of LC-NE neurons during stress prevents subsequent anxiety-like behavior. Exogenously increasing tonic, but not phasic, activity of LC-NE neurons is alone sufficient for anxiety-like and aversive behavior. Furthermore, endogenous corticotropin-releasing hormone(+) (CRH(+)) LC inputs from the amygdala increase tonic LC activity, inducing anxiety-like behaviors. These studies position the LC-NE system as a critical mediator of acute stress-induced anxiety and offer a potential intervention for preventing stress-related affective disorders.

SUBMITTER: McCall JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4529361 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CRH Engagement of the Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic System Mediates Stress-Induced Anxiety.

McCall Jordan G JG   Al-Hasani Ream R   Siuda Edward R ER   Hong Daniel Y DY   Norris Aaron J AJ   Ford Christopher P CP   Bruchas Michael R MR  

Neuron 20150723 3


The locus coeruleus noradrenergic (LC-NE) system is one of the first systems engaged following a stressful event. While numerous groups have demonstrated that LC-NE neurons are activated by many different stressors, the underlying neural circuitry and the role of this activity in generating stress-induced anxiety has not been elucidated. Using a combination of in vivo chemogenetics, optogenetics, and retrograde tracing, we determine that increased tonic activity of the LC-NE system is necessary  ...[more]

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