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Sometimes we want to see how people change over time, as in studies of human development and lifespan. When we test the same group of individuals repeatedly over an extended period of time, we are conducting longitudinal research. Longitudinal research is a research design in which data-gathering is administered repeatedly over an extended period of time. For example, we may survey a group of individuals about their dietary habits at age 20, retest them a decade later at age 30, and then again...

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Xiao Liu¹, Jizhen Yuan², Yu Guang¹

¹School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China.

Frontiers in Neuroscience

|September 14, 2018

Summary

Pre-existing right hippocampus abnormalities may predict stress susceptibility. Chronic stress causes longitudinal microstructural changes, particularly in the right hippocampus, highlighting its role in stress resilience.

Keywords:

chronic social defeat stress diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)dorsoventral hippocampus longitudinal resilience susceptibility

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Stress Research

Background:

Hippocampal microstructural changes are linked to stress disorders.
It remains unclear if these changes are pre-existing vulnerabilities or consequences of chronic stress.
Lateralized effects of stress on the hippocampus may be overlooked.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate pre-existing and chronic stress-induced microstructural alterations in the hippocampus.
To examine potential lateralized effects of stress on hippocampal subregions.
To differentiate between stress-susceptible and stress-resilient phenotypes.

Main Methods:

In vivo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used on C57BL/6 mice before and after a 10-day chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) paradigm.
Mice were categorized into susceptible and resilient groups based on social interaction tests.
Diffusion properties (FA, MD, RD) were analyzed in dorsal and ventral hippocampus subregions, considering left and right sides.

Main Results:

Susceptible mice showed lower pre-stress fractional anisotropy (FA) in the right ventral hippocampus (vHi).
Resilient mice exhibited higher mean diffusivity (MD) and radial diffusivity (RD) in the right dorsal hippocampus (dHi) post-stress.
A longitudinal decrease in right dHi RD was observed only in susceptible mice.
Social interaction ratio correlated with various post-stress diffusion measures and longitudinal changes, emphasizing the right hippocampus's role.

Conclusions:

Findings suggest pre-existing right vHi abnormalities may indicate stress susceptibility.
A right-sided lateralized stress effect was observed in microstructural alterations.
These results could aid in diagnosing, preventing, and intervening in stress-related disorders.