Effects of brain insulin in conditioned place preference using exercise as a reward stimulus
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Effects of brain insulin in conditioned place preference using exercise as a reward stimulusAutoría
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Sánchez-Pérez, Ana María; Universitat Jaume I. Unitat Predepartamental de MedicinaFecha de publicación
2017-09-21Editor
Universitat Jaume IResumen
Researches suggest that physical activity is effective to prevent or treat stress-related psychiatric
disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders. Both, natural and drugs
rewards is processed ... [+]
Researches suggest that physical activity is effective to prevent or treat stress-related psychiatric
disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders. Both, natural and drugs
rewards is processed by the mesolimbic dopamine system; and also this is implicated to rewardrelated
behavioral disorders. Studies supports the hypothesis that physical activity act as
powerful natural stimulus of the mesolimbic system, using the conditioned place preference
(CPP) paradigm with cues associates to voluntary exercise on the running wheel. On the other
hand, several studies had reported that insulin can modulated aspects related to memory and
learning, which are involved in reward-related behaviors, however, further data are necessary to
understand these mechanisms. In addition, an important mediator of insulin/IGF1 (insulinlike
growth factor-1) signaling is ERK (extracellular signal–regulated kinases). Evidence
supports its implication in learning and memory, and is expressed in the NAcc and activated
during exposure to natural and drugs rewards. Our hypothesis is that if insulin signaling can
modulate preference to drugs via its effect on dopaminergic transmission in the mesolimbic
system, it could similarly modulate preference to the context paired with voluntary exercise. In
order to set up the behavior paradigm to study insulin/IGF1 signaling effect in preference for a
rewarding stimulus such as exercise, male Wistar rats intraventricular insulin injections treated
were used to study the rewarding effects on CPP paired to voluntary wheel running. pERK,
IRS2, and IRS1 expression was assessed by immunohistochemical analysis. We found that
intraventricular insulin injection showed no significant differences on conditioned place
preference using exercise as a reward stimulus. pERK phosphorylation increases in specific
brain regions of the insulin injected rats. IRS1 and IRS2 expression displays a different pattern
in prefrontal cortex nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area. We suggest that the
responses of animals in a CPP paradigm can be improved by insulin, due to insulin signaling
into the reward areas. Data of immunohistochemical analysis support other studies that reported
role of insulin into VTA neurons. Nevertheless, are needed additional research focus on the
effects of insulin injections into mesolimbic regions as NAcc or VTA to understand what it is
the role of insulin modulating reward-related behaviors. [-]
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Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Investigació en Cervell i Conducta. Codi: SBM024. Curs acadèmic: 2016/2017
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