オオニシ ジュンジ onishi junji
大西 淳之
- 所属 東京家政大学 栄養学部 管理栄養学科
- 東京家政大学大学院 人間生活学総合研究科 健康栄養学専攻
- 東京家政大学大学院 人間生活学総合研究科 人間生活学専攻
- 東京家政大学短期大学部 短期大学部 栄養科
- 職種 教授
| 論文種別 | 原著 |
| 言語種別 | 英語 |
| 査読の有無 | 査読あり |
| 表題 | Effects of repeated tickling on conditioned fear and hormonal responses in socially isolated rats. |
| 掲載誌名 | 正式名：Neuroscience Letters 略 称：Neurosci Lett ISSNコード：03043940 |
| 掲載区分 | 国外 |
| 巻・号・頁 | 536,pp.85-89 |
| 著者・共著者 | ◎Hori M, Yamada K, Ohnishi J, Sakamoto S, Takimoto-Ohnishi E, Miyabe S, Murakami K, Ichitani Y. |
| 担当区分 | 責任著者 |
| 発行年月 | 2013/03 |
| 概要 | Positive emotional states have been reported to modify human resilience to fear and anxiety, but few animal models are available to elucidate underlying mechanisms. In the current study, we examined whether 2 weeks of tickling, which is considered to evoke positive emotions, alters conditioned fear and hormonal reactions in Fischer rats. We conditioned rats to fear an auditory tone which was initially paired with a mild foot-shock (0.2mA), and retention test was conducted 48h and 96h after conditioning. During these tests, we found that prior tickling treatment significantly diminished fear-induced freezing. To examine the effects of tickling on sympatho-adrenal and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses associated with conditioned fear, we measured plasma catecholamine and corticosterone levels in the retention test 96h after conditioning. The plasma catecholamine concentration of non-tickled rats was higher than basal levels, whereas tickled rats showed significantly reduced concentrations of both plasma adrenaline and noradrenaline. No significant differences in plasma corticosterone levels were observed between tickled and non-tickled rats. These results suggest that repeated exposure to tickling can modulate fear-related behavior and sympatho-adrenal stress responses. |
| DOI | doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.12.054. |