Recruitment of hypothalamic orexin neurons after formalin injections in adult male rats exposed to a neonatal immune challenge.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to early life physiological stressors, such as infection, is thought to contribute to the onset of psychopathology in adulthood. In animal models, injections of the bacterial immune challenge, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), during the neonatal period has been shown to alter both neuroendocrine function and behavioral pain responses in adulthood. Interestingly, recent evidence suggests a role for the lateral hypothalamic peptide orexin in stress and nociceptive processing. However, whether neonatal LPS exposure affects the reactivity of the orexin system to formalin-induced inflammatory pain in later life remains to be determined. Male Wistar rats (n = 13) were exposed to either LPS or saline (0.05 mg/kg, i.p) on postnatal days (PND) 3 and 5. On PND 80-97, all rats were exposed to a sub

SUBMITTER: Campbell EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4354278 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature