Neonatal pain and stress disrupts later-life pavlovian fear conditioning and sensory function in rats: Evidence for a two-hit model

Developmental Psychobiology
Seth M DavisMichael A Burman

Abstract

Early life trauma has been linked to increased risks for anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. We used rodent models of acute and inflammatory neonatal pain to explore effects on fear conditioning and somatosensory function. Hindpaw needle pricks or handling on postnatal days (PNDs) 1-7 caused lasting impacts on affective and somatosensory function when assessed at later ages, PNDs 24 (postweaning), 45 (adolescence), or 66 (adulthood). First, auditory, but not contextual, freezing was mildly disrupted regardless of age. Second, a profound postfear conditioning tactile hypersensitivity was observed in neonatally stressed, postweaning rats. In the absence of fear conditioning, the mechanical hypersensitivity was not observed, consistent with a two-hit model of psychopathology. Injections of 2% α-carrageenan did not have the same lasting impact but was slightly protective against observed effects of neonatal vehicle injections. Basal and elicited corticosterone levels postweaning were not altered by neonatal pain or handling. These data demonstrate that neonatal adversity can have lasting impacts on affective and somatosensory function that differs regardless of age.

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