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Different neural circuitry is involved in physiological and psychological stress-induced PTSD-like "nightmares" in rats.


ABSTRACT: Posttraumatic nightmares are a core component of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mechanistically linked to the development and maintenance of this disorder, but little is known about their mechanism. We utilized a communication box to establish an animal model of physiological stress (foot-shock [FS]) and psychological stress (PS) to mimic the direct suffering and witnessing of traumatic events. Twenty-one days after traumatic stress, some of the experimental animals presented startled awakening (i.e., were startled awake by a supposed "nightmare") with different electroencephalographic spectra features. Our neuroanatomical results showed that the secondary somatosensory cortex and primary auditory cortex may play an important role in remote traumatic memory retrieval in FS "nightmare" (FSN) rats, whereas the temporal association cortex may play an important role in PS "nightmare" (PSN) rats. The FSN and PSN groups possessed common emotion evocation circuits, including activation of the amygdala and inactivation of the infralimbic prefrontal cortex and ventral anterior cingulate cortex. The decreased activity of the granular and dysgranular insular cortex was only observed in PSN rats. The present results imply that different types of stress may cause PTSD-like "nightmares" in rodents and identified the possible neurocircuitry of memory retrieval and emotion evocation.

SUBMITTER: Yu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4632128 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Different neural circuitry is involved in physiological and psychological stress-induced PTSD-like "nightmares" in rats.

Yu Bin B   Cui Su-Ying SY   Zhang Xue-Qiong XQ   Cui Xiang-Yu XY   Li Sheng-Jie SJ   Sheng Zhao-Fu ZF   Cao Qing Q   Huang Yuan-Li YL   Xu Ya-Ping YP   Lin Zhi-Ge ZG   Yang Guang G   Song Jin-Zhi JZ   Ding Hui H   Zhang Yong-He YH  

Scientific reports 20151104


Posttraumatic nightmares are a core component of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mechanistically linked to the development and maintenance of this disorder, but little is known about their mechanism. We utilized a communication box to establish an animal model of physiological stress (foot-shock [FS]) and psychological stress (PS) to mimic the direct suffering and witnessing of traumatic events. Twenty-one days after traumatic stress, some of the experimental animals presented startled  ...[more]

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