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Early-life environmental enrichment generates persistent individualized behavior in mice.


ABSTRACT: Individuals differ in their response to environmental stimuli, but the stability of individualized behaviors and their associated changes in brain plasticity are poorly understood. We developed a novel model of enriched environment to longitudinally monitor 40 inbred mice exploring 35 connected cages over periods of 3 to 6 months. We show that behavioral individuality that emerged during the first 3 months of environmental enrichment persisted when mice were withdrawn from the enriched environment for 3 additional months. Behavioral trajectories were associated with stable interindividual differences in adult hippocampal neurogenesis and persistent epigenetic effects on neuronal plasticity genes in the hippocampus. Using genome-wide DNA methylation sequencing, we show that one-third of the DNA methylation changes were maintained after withdrawal from the enriched environment. Our results suggest that, even under conditions that control genetic background and shared environment, early-life experiences result in lasting individualized changes in behavior, brain plasticity, and epigenetics.

SUBMITTER: Zocher S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449688 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Early-life environmental enrichment generates persistent individualized behavior in mice.

Zocher Sara S   Schilling Susan S   Grzyb Anna N AN   Adusumilli Vijay S VS   Bogado Lopes Jadna J   Günther Sandra S   Overall Rupert W RW   Winter York Y   Kempermann Gerd G  

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Individuals differ in their response to environmental stimuli, but the stability of individualized behaviors and their associated changes in brain plasticity are poorly understood. We developed a novel model of enriched environment to longitudinally monitor 40 inbred mice exploring 35 connected cages over periods of 3 to 6 months. We show that behavioral individuality that emerged during the first 3 months of environmental enrichment persisted when mice were withdrawn from the enriched environme  ...[more]

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