Serotonin and effort-based decision-making: Dissociating behavioral effects of 8-OH-DPAT and PCPA

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/2024/73_869.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/2024/73_869.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33549/physiolres.935468" target="_blank" >10.33549/physiolres.935468</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Serotonin and effort-based decision-making: Dissociating behavioral effects of 8-OH-DPAT and PCPA

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Effort-based decision-making is particularly relevant to psychiatric conditions where motivation deficits are prominent features. Despite its clinical significance, the neurochemical mechanisms of this cognitive process remain unclarified. This study explores the impact of serotonin synthesis inhibition (PCPA) and modulation of serotonin release and 5-HT1A receptor agonism (8-OH-DPAT) on effort-based decision-making in rats. Adult male rats were trained in a modified T-maze task where they could obtain a high reward for climbing a mesh barrier or a low reward for no extra effort. Following training, rats received either acute 8-OH-DPAT treatment or subchronic PCPA treatment and were tested on their choices between high- and low-effort arms. The goal-arm choices and goal-arm entrance latencies were recorded. Next, homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, metabolites of dopamine and serotonin, respectively, were quantified in the rats' prefrontal cortex, striatum, and hippocampus. 8-OH-DPAT significantly increased low-effort, low-reward choices and increased goal-arm latency. In contrast, PCPA treatment did not affect these measures. Both PCPA and 8-OH-DPAT significantly decreased 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels in the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus. 8-OH-DPAT treatment was also associated with decreased homovanillic acid levels in the hippocampus. Our findings suggest that the overall reduction of serotonin levels alone does not affect effort-based decisionmaking and highlights the possible role of the hippocampus and the 5-HT1A receptor in this cognitive process.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Serotonin and effort-based decision-making: Dissociating behavioral effects of 8-OH-DPAT and PCPA

Popis výsledku anglicky

Effort-based decision-making is particularly relevant to psychiatric conditions where motivation deficits are prominent features. Despite its clinical significance, the neurochemical mechanisms of this cognitive process remain unclarified. This study explores the impact of serotonin synthesis inhibition (PCPA) and modulation of serotonin release and 5-HT1A receptor agonism (8-OH-DPAT) on effort-based decision-making in rats. Adult male rats were trained in a modified T-maze task where they could obtain a high reward for climbing a mesh barrier or a low reward for no extra effort. Following training, rats received either acute 8-OH-DPAT treatment or subchronic PCPA treatment and were tested on their choices between high- and low-effort arms. The goal-arm choices and goal-arm entrance latencies were recorded. Next, homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, metabolites of dopamine and serotonin, respectively, were quantified in the rats' prefrontal cortex, striatum, and hippocampus. 8-OH-DPAT significantly increased low-effort, low-reward choices and increased goal-arm latency. In contrast, PCPA treatment did not affect these measures. Both PCPA and 8-OH-DPAT significantly decreased 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels in the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus. 8-OH-DPAT treatment was also associated with decreased homovanillic acid levels in the hippocampus. Our findings suggest that the overall reduction of serotonin levels alone does not affect effort-based decisionmaking and highlights the possible role of the hippocampus and the 5-HT1A receptor in this cognitive process.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Physiological Research

ISSN

0862-8408

e-ISSN

1802-9973

Svazek periodika

73

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

869-880

Kód UT WoS článku

001361556200018

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85210049684