Stress alters hypothalamic gene expression in adolescent male Golden hamsters.

ABSTRACT: In Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), a two-week exposure to chronic social stress in adolescence causes acceleration of agonistic behavior, enhanced adult aggression, impaired waiting impulsivity, and higher food intake, body fat, and long-term increased body weight. In adult rodents, stress is accompanied by widespread alterations in gene expression in the brain. As stress is a potent modulator of both gene expression and behavior, the present research investigated possible mechanistic-related transcriptomic changes in the lateral, dorsomedial, and arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus caused by adolescent stress using RNA Tag-sequencing, as these areas are involved in the regulation of metabolic and motivated behaviors. In each region, there were approximately 250 genes with higher e

SUBMITTER: Moran KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12404909 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature