Data from: Behavior and Fos activation reveal that male and female rats differentially assess affective valence during CTA learning and expression

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  • Females are more affected by psychiatric illnesses including eating disorders, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder than males. However, the neural mechanisms mediating these sex differences are poorly understood. Animal models can be useful in exploring such neural mechanisms. Conditioned taste aversion (CTA) is a behavioral task that assesses how animals process the competition between associated reinforcing and aversive stimuli in subsequent task performance, a process critical to healthy behavior in many domains. The purpose of the present study was to identify sex differences in this behavior and associated neural responses. We hypothesized that females would value the rewarding stimulus (Boost®) relative to the aversive stimulus (LiCl) more than males in performing CTA. We evaluated behavior (Boost® intake, LiCl-induced behaviors, ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), CTA performance) and Fos activation in relevant brain regions after the acute stimuli [acute Boost® (AB), acute LiCl (AL)] and the context-only task control (COT), Boost® only task (BOT) and Boost®-LiCl task (BLT). Acutely, females drank more Boost® than males but showed similar aversive behaviors after LiCl. Females and males performed CTA similarly. Both sexes produced 55 kHz USVs anticipating BOT and inhibited these calls in the BLT. However, more females emitted both 22 kHz and 55 kHz USVs in the BLT than males: the latter correlated with less CTA. Estrous cycle stage also influenced 55 kHz USVs. Fos responses were similar in males and females after AB or AL. Females engaged the gustatory cortex and ventral tegmental area (VTA) more than males during the BOT and males engaged the amygdala more than females in both the BOT and BLT. Network analysis of correlated Fos responses across brain regions identified two unique networks characterizing the BOT and BLT, in both of which the VTA played a central role. In situ hybridization with RNAscope identified a population of D1-receptor expressing cells in the CeA that responded to Boost® and D2 receptor-expressing cells that responded to LiCl. The present study suggests that males and females differentially process the affective valence of a stimulus to produce the same goal-directed behavior.

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  • Kuhn, C. & Bernanke, A. (2021). Data from: Behavior and Fs activation reveal that male and female rats differentially assess affective valence during CTA learning and expression. Duke Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7924/r44q80q5d
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  • 10.7924/r44q80q5d
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  • 2016-2021
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  • Bernanke, A., Burnette, E., Murphy, J., Hernandez, N., Zimmerman, S., Walker, Q. D., Wander, R., Sette, S., Reavis, Z., Francis, R., Armstrong, C., Risher, M. L., & Kuhn, C. (2021). Behavior and Fos activation reveal that male and female rats differentially assess affective valence during CTA learning and expression. PloS one, 16(12).  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260577
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  • RO1 AA 017621
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  • Data from: Behavior and Fos activation reveal that male and female rats differentially assess affective valence during CTA learning and expression
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