title: [Age-related changes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in individuals with various types of adaptive behaviour].
abstract: The purpose was to study age-related changes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function and their interrelations with features of cognitive aging in individuals with various type of adaptive behaviour on model of laboratory primates. Plasma cortisol (F) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) levels in basal conditions (0900h and 2100h of day) and under acute psycho emotional stress (2-hour moderate restraint) were estimated in blood plasma of 34 young (6-8 years) and 34 old (20-27 years) female rhesus monkeys with various types of adaptive behaviour (aggressive, adequate, depressive-like). We have found that the age-related changes in HPA of monkeys of the depression-like behavior were accompanied by the maximal absolute and relative hypercortisolemia in the basal conditions as well as in the stress conditions. These disturbances in HPA are apparently associated with the higher age-related cognitive disturbances. Moreover, the young aggressive monkeys in comparison with the young monkeys of other behavior groups, demonstrated the higher levels of DHEAS and the minimal molar ratios between F and DHEAS plasma levels. For old animals with the aggressive behavior, these inter-group differences have leveled off. The minimal age-related changes in HPA and the minimal cognitive disturbances have been revealed for the monkeys with the adequate behavior. These results establish that the age-related damage of the HPA axis and the relevant age-related changes in the cognitive processes are the characteristic individual peculiarities of the animals associated with their individual features in the adaptive behavior strategy.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Goncharova
authors.forename: V Iu
authors.initials: VIu
authors.lastname: Marenin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000523:psychology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000378:metabolism; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; D006854:Hydrocortisone