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Study M761

Study name

Guan JT 2020

Title

Early life stress increases brain glutamate and induces neurobehavioral manifestations in rats

Overall design

In this study, 7T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (7T 1H MRS) was used to detect metabolic glutamate in a rat model to investigate maternal deprivation-induced early life stress. Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into the following 2 groups (n = 15 per group): (1) control group, and (2) maternal deprivation group. During postnatal days 1 to 14 for the maternal deprivation group, pups were separated from their mother for three hours every day. Metabolites in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex were compared using MRS. Metabolite quantification was reported in absolute concentrations.

Study Type

Type1;

Data available

Unavailable

Organism

Rat; Sprague-Dawley rat;

Categories of depression

Animal model; Other animal model; Other animal model;

Criteria for depression

Sucrose preference test

Sample size

30

Tissue

Central; Brain; Prefrontal cortex;

Central; Brain; Hippocampus;

Platform

MRS; MRS: 7T animal magnetic resonance imaging machine;

PMID

33179901

DOI

10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00454

Citation

Guan J, Ding Y, Rong Y, et al. Early life stress increases brain glutamate and induces neurobehavioral manifestations in rats. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2020 Dec 16;11(24):4169-4178.

Metabolite

L-Glutamic acid;

Glutamate and Glutamine;