bFGF expression is differentially regulated by cocaine seeking versus extinction in learning-related brain regions

Learning & Memory
Elizabeth M DoncheckDevin Mueller

Abstract

In cocaine use disorder, relapse can be elicited by drug-associated cues despite long periods of abstinence. The persistence of drug-associated cues in eliciting drug seeking suggests enduring changes in structural and functional plasticity, which may be mediated by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF, FGF2). Stimulant drug use increases bFGF expression in reward- and learning-related brain regions, such as the infralimbic medial-prefrontal cortex (IL-mPFC), and we previously found that this increase was reversed by extinction. However, whether bFGF expression is similarly modified in other brain regions is unknown. Therefore, we used the conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm to assess bFGF expression following cocaine-associated CPP or extinction of that CPP within the mPFC, nucleus accumbens (NAc), hippocampus (Hipp), and basolateral amygdala (BLA). bFGF expression was increased in IL-mPFC and NAc-Core and -Shell following a cocaine-associated CPP, an effect reversed by extinction. Conversely, bFGF expression was increased in BLA following extinction, but no significant changes were observed in PL-mPFC or either dorsal or ventral Hipp. These results demonstrate differential regulation of bFGF following cocaine-associat...Continue Reading

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