Behavioural brain research · 2024
LF-DBS of the ventral striatum shortens persistence for morphine place preference and modulates BDNF expression in the hippocampus.
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Lloret-Torres Mario E, Barreto-Estrada Jennifer L
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BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral capsule/ventral striatum (VC/VS) represents a promising therapy for treatment-refractory patients with substance-use disorders. We previously found that low-frequency (LF) DBS aimed to the VC/VS during extinction training strengthens the extinction memory for morphine seeking under a partial extinction protocol.
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: In this study, animals were tested in a full extinction protocol to determine whether LF-DBS applied during extinction facilitates extinction while preventing drug reinstatement, and study the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of LF-DBS, METHODS/RESULTS: We used a full extinction CPP paradigm combined with LF-DBS to assess behavior. Western blots for the pro-extinction molecule, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were then performed in corticomesolimbic regions of the brain. Lastly, to determine whether changes in BDNF expression elicited by LF-DBS were specific to the VS/NAc afferents from the hippocampus, amygdala, and medial prefrontal cortex, we performed BDNF-like immunohistochemistry, combined with the retrograde tracer cholera toxin B (CtB).
RESULTS: We showed a significant reduction in the number of days required to fully extinguish morphine CPP in animals exposed to LF-DBS during extinction training accompanied by a significant increase in BDNF expression in the hippocampus. However, LF-DBS applied during extinction did not prevent drug reinstatement. Lastly, no changes in BDNF/CtB double-labeled cells were found in VS/NAc projecting cells after one-day exposure to LF-DBS.
CONCLUSION(S): These data suggest that LF-DBS can facilitate extinction of morphine CPP by decreasing drug seeking through potential synaptic plasticity changes in the hippocampus to strengthen extinction memories.
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: In this study, animals were tested in a full extinction protocol to determine whether LF-DBS applied during extinction facilitates extinction while preventing drug reinstatement, and study the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of LF-DBS, METHODS/RESULTS: We used a full extinction CPP paradigm combined with LF-DBS to assess behavior. Western blots for the pro-extinction molecule, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were then performed in corticomesolimbic regions of the brain. Lastly, to determine whether changes in BDNF expression elicited by LF-DBS were specific to the VS/NAc afferents from the hippocampus, amygdala, and medial prefrontal cortex, we performed BDNF-like immunohistochemistry, combined with the retrograde tracer cholera toxin B (CtB).
RESULTS: We showed a significant reduction in the number of days required to fully extinguish morphine CPP in animals exposed to LF-DBS during extinction training accompanied by a significant increase in BDNF expression in the hippocampus. However, LF-DBS applied during extinction did not prevent drug reinstatement. Lastly, no changes in BDNF/CtB double-labeled cells were found in VS/NAc projecting cells after one-day exposure to LF-DBS.
CONCLUSION(S): These data suggest that LF-DBS can facilitate extinction of morphine CPP by decreasing drug seeking through potential synaptic plasticity changes in the hippocampus to strengthen extinction memories.