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S Elsenbruch1, L Wang, S Hollerbach
1Department of Medical Psychology, University Clinic of Essen, Essen, Germany. sigrid.elsenbruch@uni-essen.de
Abstract:
We analysed visceromotor (VMR) and corticosterone responses to colorectal stimuli under control conditions and following acoustic stress in rats selectively bred for increased sensitivity to cholinergic agonists, the Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) rats, compared with Flinders Resistant Line (FRL) rats. FSL rats demonstrated a significant VMR response at the smallest distension pressure, whereas no response was evident in FRL controls. FSL rats also demonstrated enhanced VMR responses at both larger distension levels compared with FRL rats. Colorectal distension (CRD) produced significant increases in serum corticosterone levels, which were comparable in FRL and FSL. Noise stress induced divergent corticosterone responses in FRL and FSL, but did not affect VMR to CRD in either group. These data suggest that FSL rats show altered VMR responses to CRD and disturbed hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to acute stress.
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