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Full-Text Articles in Behavioral Neurobiology
Prenatal Predictors Of Infant Self-Regulation: The Contributions Of Placental Dna Methylation Of Nr3c1 And Neuroendocrine Activity, Elisabeth Conradt, Mary Fei, Linda Lagasse, Edward Tronick, Dylan Guerin, Daniel Gorman, Carmen J. Marsit, Barry M. Lester
Prenatal Predictors Of Infant Self-Regulation: The Contributions Of Placental Dna Methylation Of Nr3c1 And Neuroendocrine Activity, Elisabeth Conradt, Mary Fei, Linda Lagasse, Edward Tronick, Dylan Guerin, Daniel Gorman, Carmen J. Marsit, Barry M. Lester
Dartmouth Scholarship
We examined whether placental DNA methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene, NR3C1 was associated with self-regulation and neuroendocrine responses to a social stressor in infancy. Placenta samples were obtained at birth and mothers and their infants (n = 128) participated in the still-face paradigm when infants were 5 months old. Infant self-regulation following the still-face episode was coded and pre-stress cortisol and cortisol reactivity was assessed in response to the still-face paradigm. A factor analysis of NR3C1 CpG sites revealed two factors: one for CpG sites 1-4 and the other for sites 5-13. DNA methylation of the factor comprising NR3C1 …
Retrosplenial Cortex And Long-Term Memory: Molecules To Behavior, Travis P. Todd, David J. Bucci
Retrosplenial Cortex And Long-Term Memory: Molecules To Behavior, Travis P. Todd, David J. Bucci
Dartmouth Scholarship
The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is reciprocally connected with the hippocampus and various parahippocampal cortical regions, suggesting that RSC is well-positioned to contribute to hippocampal-dependent memory. Consistent with this, substantial behavioral evidence indicates that RSC is essential for consolidating and/or retrieving contextual and spatial memories. In addition, there is growing evidence that RSC neurons undergo activity-dependent plastic changes during memory formation and retrieval. In this paper we review both the behavioral and cellular/molecular data and posit that the RSC has a particularly important role in the storage and retrieval of spatial and contextual memories perhaps due its involvement in binding together …
Exposure To Kynurenic Acid During Adolescence Increases Sign-Tracking And Impairs Long-Term Potentiation In Adulthood, Nicole E. Deangeli, Travis P. Todd, Stephen E. Chang, Hermes H. Yeh, Pamela W. Yeh, David J. Bucci
Exposure To Kynurenic Acid During Adolescence Increases Sign-Tracking And Impairs Long-Term Potentiation In Adulthood, Nicole E. Deangeli, Travis P. Todd, Stephen E. Chang, Hermes H. Yeh, Pamela W. Yeh, David J. Bucci
Dartmouth Scholarship
Changes in brain reward systems are thought to contribute significantly to the cognitive and behavioral impairments of schizophrenia, as well as the propensity to develop co-occurring substance abuse disorders. Presently, there are few treatments for persons with a dual diagnosis and little is known about the neural substrates that underlie co-occurring schizophrenia and substance abuse. One goal of the present study was to determine if a change in the concentration of kynurenic acid (KYNA), a tryptophan metabolite that is increased in the brains of people with schizophrenia, affects reward-related behavior. KYNA is an endogenous antagonist of NMDA glutamate receptors and …