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Interaction between the effects of corticotropin-releasing factor and prepulse parameters on prepulse inhibition in two inbred rat strains and the F1 generation of a cross between them.
Full Abstract
Levels of prepulse inhibition (PPI) depend on the interval between the startling and prepulse stimuli. Brown Norway rats show less PPI of the acoustic startle response than Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats when the interval between the prepulse and startling stimulus is 100 ms. Central administration of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) decreases PPI at this inter-stimulus interval. Here, the effect of CRF on PPI over a range of inter-stimulus intervals was examined in WKY and BN rats, and in the F1 generation of a cross between them. Rats received an intracerebroventricular infusion of either saline or CRF 30 min prior to testing PPI. Test trials included startle stimulus alone trials, and trials on which a prepulse stimulus of either 6, 12, or 15 dB above background preceded the startling stimulus by either 20, 75, 100, 500 or 2000 ms. CRF decreased PPI in WKY rats at all inter-stimulus intervals and all prepulse intensities, while the effect of CRF on PPI in BN rats only occurred at intermediate intervals. BN and WKY rats showed different levels of PPI only at the intermediate intervals. Baseline PPI in the F1 rats resembled the WKY phenotype. The CRF-induced change in PPI in the F1 generation has some qualities of the effects in each of the progenitor strains. These results suggest that both the effect of rats strain and of CRF on PPI depend on the inter-stimulus interval, and that there is an interaction between prepulse stimulus intensity and the inter-stimulus interval.
Author information
Author/s: Conti, Lisa H (LH); Sutherland, Jane E (JE); Muhlhauser, Carey M (CM);
Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030, USA. Conti(-atsign-)psychiatry.uchc.edu
Grants: MH065467 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Journal: Behavioural brain research (Behav Brain Res), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Jun; vol 200 (issue 1) : pp 165-72
Dates: Created 2009/04/16; Completed 2009/06/18; Revised 2009/10/28;
PMID: 19373982, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/29/2009, IMS Date: )
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