Early life adversities, such as infections and stress, are related to the manifestation of neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism and schizophrenia. These changes may be triggered by inflammatory and / or neurotrophic mechanisms. In this context, we decided to carry out a wide range of behavioral and neurobiological tests, such as the participation of indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) - the first tryptophan ...
Early-life challenges, particularly infections and stress, are related to neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Here, we conducted a wide range of behavioral tests in periadolescent (postnatal day (PN) 35) and adult (PN70) Swiss mice neonatally challenged with LPS on PN5 and -7, to unveil behavioral alterations triggered by LPS exposure. Immune and neurotrophic (brain-derived neurotrophic...
The systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces time-dependent behavioral alterations, which are related to sickness behavior and depression. The time-course effects of LPS on prepulse inhibition (PPI) remain unknown. Furthermore, the time-dependent effects of LPS on central nitrite content had not been investigated. Therefore, we studied alterations induced by single LPS (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) admin...
Based on evidences that systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in animals can trigger time-dependent pathophysiological changes, which together are named sickness behavior and depression, we sought to determine by immune challenge with systemic administration of LPS (0.5 mg / kg, ip) in male mice, the behavioral changes on parameters such as: behavior related to depression and anxiety, pre-pulse in...