The role of early life stress in development of the anterior limb of the internal capsule in nonhuman primates.

Publication Type	Academic Article
Authors	Coplan J, Abdallah C, Tang C, Mathew S, Martinez J, Hof P, Smith E, Dwork A, Perera T, Pantol G, Carpenter D, Rosenblum L, Shungu D, Gelernter J, Kaffman A, Jackowski A, Kaufman J, Gorman J
Journal	Neurosci Lett
Volume	480
Issue	2
Pagination	93-6
Date Published	06/10/2010
ISSN	1872-7972
Keywords	Internal Capsule, Stress, Psychological
Abstract	Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC) may be effective in treating depression. Parental verbal abuse has been linked to decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) of white matter and reduced FA correlated with depression and anxiety scores. Utilizing a nonhuman primate model of mood and anxiety disorders following disrupted mother-infant attachment, we examined whether adverse rearing conditions lead to white matter impairment of the ALIC. We examined white matter integrity using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) on a 3T-MRI. Twenty-one adult male Bonnet macaques participated in this study: 12 were reared under adverse [variable foraging demand (VFD)] conditions whereas 9 were reared under normative conditions. We examined ALIC, posterior limb of the internal capsule (PLIC) and occipital white matter. VFD rearing was associated with significant reductions in FA in the ALIC with no changes evident in the PLIC or occipital cortex white matter. Adverse rearing in monkeys persistently impaired frontal white matter tract integrity, a novel substrate for understanding affective susceptibility.
DOI	10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.012
PubMed ID	20541590
PubMed Central ID	PMC2951885