TY - JOUR
T1 - Neonatal 5,7-DHT lesions cause sex-specific changes in mouse cortical morphogenesis
AU - Hohmann, Christine F.
AU - Richardson, Celena
AU - Pitts, Ella
AU - Berger-Sweeney, Joanne
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Both monoaminergic and cholinergic afferent projections to the neocortex putatively modulate cortical morphogenesis and plasticity. Previously we showed that neonatal electrolytic lesions of the cholinergic nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nBM) projections to the neocortex result in significant decreases of cortical layer width that correlate with cognitive alterations. Such electrolytic lesions, performed for lack of a selective neurotoxin in mice, may affect mono- aminergic fibers of passage. Here, we investigate the effects of neonatal 5,7 dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) focal injections into the nBM region on cortical laminar morphology in adult male and female mice. 5,7-DHT lesions on the first postnatal day resulted in significant cortical depletion of both serotonin and norepinephrine that attenuated with age. Generally, cortical layer widths increased in response to the lesion; the effects were layer, region. and sex specific. Previous reports from our laboratories described long-term behavioral alterations after comparable focal, neonatal 5,7-DHT lesions. The studies described here provide an anatomical basis for such behavioral alterations. Our data suggest that monoaminergic and cholinergic projections to the cortex may have opposite effects on the developing cortical neuropil. Jointly, our morphological and behavioral findings may have important implications for a variety of developmental disorders in humans and provide some insights into sex differences in the penetrance of these disorders.
AB - Both monoaminergic and cholinergic afferent projections to the neocortex putatively modulate cortical morphogenesis and plasticity. Previously we showed that neonatal electrolytic lesions of the cholinergic nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nBM) projections to the neocortex result in significant decreases of cortical layer width that correlate with cognitive alterations. Such electrolytic lesions, performed for lack of a selective neurotoxin in mice, may affect mono- aminergic fibers of passage. Here, we investigate the effects of neonatal 5,7 dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) focal injections into the nBM region on cortical laminar morphology in adult male and female mice. 5,7-DHT lesions on the first postnatal day resulted in significant cortical depletion of both serotonin and norepinephrine that attenuated with age. Generally, cortical layer widths increased in response to the lesion; the effects were layer, region. and sex specific. Previous reports from our laboratories described long-term behavioral alterations after comparable focal, neonatal 5,7-DHT lesions. The studies described here provide an anatomical basis for such behavioral alterations. Our data suggest that monoaminergic and cholinergic projections to the cortex may have opposite effects on the developing cortical neuropil. Jointly, our morphological and behavioral findings may have important implications for a variety of developmental disorders in humans and provide some insights into sex differences in the penetrance of these disorders.
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U2 - 10.1155/NP.2000.213
DO - 10.1155/NP.2000.213
M3 - Article
C2 - 11486483
AN - SCOPUS:0034434737
SN - 2090-5904
VL - 7
SP - 213
EP - 232
JO - Neural Plasticity
JF - Neural Plasticity
IS - 4
ER -