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Cocaine-induced Fos expression in the rat brain: Modulation by prior Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during adolescence and sex-specific effects

dc.contributor.authorOrihuel Menéndez, Javier
dc.contributor.authorGómez Rubio, Laura
dc.contributor.authorValverde, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorCapellán, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorRoura Martínez, David
dc.contributor.authorUcha Tortuero, Marcos
dc.contributor.authorAmbrosio Flores, Emilio
dc.contributor.authorHiguera Matas, Alejandro
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T15:19:17Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T15:19:17Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-24
dc.descriptionThe registered version of this article, first published in Brain Research, is available online at the publisher's website: EDITOR, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147480
dc.descriptionLa versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Brain Research, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: EDITOR, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147480
dc.description.abstractIt has been suggested that cannabis consumption during adolescence may be an initial step to cocaine use in adulthood. Indeed, previous preclinical data show that adolescent exposure to cannabinoids (both natural and synthetic) potentiates cocaine self-administration in rats. Here we aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the cellular activation patterns induced by cocaine as revealed by Fos imaging and how these patterns may change due to adolescent exposure to THC. Male and female Wistar rats were administered every other day THC (3 mg/kg i.p.) or vehicle from postnatal day 28–44. At adulthood (PND90) they were given an injection of cocaine (20 mg/kg i.p.) or saline and sacrificed 90 min later. Cocaine-induced Fos activation was measured by immunohistochemistry as an index of cellular activation. We found that cocaine-induced activation in the motor cortex was stronger in THC-exposed rats. Moreover, there was significant sex-dependent interaction between cocaine and adolescent THC exposure in the dorsal hypothalamus, suggesting that cocaine induced a more robust cellular activation in THC-exposed females but not in THC-treated males. Other THC- and cocaine-induced effects were also evident. These results add to the previous literature suggesting that the behavioral, cellular, molecular, and brain-activating actions of cocaine are modulated by early experience with cannabinoids and provide additional knowledge that may explain the enhanced actions of cocaine in rats exposed to cannabinoids during their adolescence.en
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dc.identifier.citationJavier Orihuel, Laura Gómez-Rubio, Claudia Valverde, Roberto Capellán, David Roura-Martínez, Marcos Ucha, Emilio Ambrosio, Alejandro Higuera-Matas. Cocaine-induced Fos expression in the rat brain: Modulation by prior Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during adolescence and sex-specific effects. Brain Research. (1764) 2021 147480.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147480
dc.identifier.issn1872-6240
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25197
dc.journal.titleBrain Research
dc.journal.volume1764
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.centerFacultades y escuelas::Facultad de Psicología
dc.relation.departmentPsicobiología
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject24 Ciencias de la Vida::2410 Biología humana
dc.subject24 Ciencias de la Vida::2490 Neurociencias
dc.subject61 Psicología
dc.subject.keywordsadolescenceen
dc.subject.keywordscannabisen
dc.subject.keywordscocaineen
dc.subject.keywordsfosen
dc.subject.keywordsmotor cortexen
dc.subject.keywordssex differencesen
dc.titleCocaine-induced Fos expression in the rat brain: Modulation by prior Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during adolescence and sex-specific effectsen
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