Mapping the neuroanatomical abnormalities in a phenotype of male compulsive rats

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Compulsivity is considered a transdiagnostic dimension in obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, characterized by heterogeneous cognitive and behavioral phenotypes associated with abnormalities in cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical circuitry. The present study investigated the structural morphology of white and gray matter in rats selected for low- (LD) and high- (HD) compulsive drinking behavior on a schedule-induced polydipsia (SIP) task. Regional brain morphology was assessed using ex-vivo high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Voxel-based morphometry of segmented MRI images revealed larger white matter volumes in anterior commissure and corpus callosum of HD rats compared with LD rats. HD rats also showed significantly larger regional volumes of dorsolateral orbitofrontal cortex, striatum, amygdala, hippocampus, midbrain, sub-thalamic nucleus, and cerebellum. By contrast, the medial prefrontal cortex was significantly smaller in HD rats compared with LD rats with no significant group differences in whole brain, ventricular, or cerebrospinal fluid volumes. These findings show that limbic cortico-basal ganglia structures implicated in impulse control disorders are distinct in rats that are vulnerable to develop compulsive behavior. Such abnormalities may be relevant to the etiology of compulsive disorders in humans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Behavioral and brain functions : BBF - 19(2023), 1 vom: 06. Nov., Seite 19

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martín-González, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Prados-Pardo, Ángeles [VerfasserIn]
Sawiak, Stephen J [VerfasserIn]
Dalley, Jeffrey W [VerfasserIn]
Padro, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Ramos-Cabrer, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Mora, Santiago [VerfasserIn]
Moreno-Montoya, Margarita [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Compulsive behavior
Cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical circuit
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging
Schedule-Induced Polydipsia
Voxel-based morphometry
White matter

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Date Completed 08.11.2023

Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12993-023-00221-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364245921