title: Perturbations in Effort-Related Decision-Making Driven by Acute Stress and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor.
abstract: Acute stress activates numerous systems in a coordinated effort to promote homeostasis, and can exert differential effects on mnemonic and cognitive functions depending on a myriad of factors. Stress can alter different forms of cost/benefit decision-making, yet the mechanisms that drive these effects, remain unclear. In the present study, we probed how corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) may contribute to stress-induced alterations in cost/benefit decision-making, using an task where well-trained rats chose between a low effort/low reward lever (LR; two pellets) and a high effort/high reward lever (HR; four pellets), with the effort requirement increasing over a session (2, 5, 10, and 20 presses). One-hour restraint stress markedly reduced preference for the HR option, but this effect was attenuated by infusions of the CRF antagonist, alpha-helical CRF. Conversely, central CRF infusion mimicked the effect of stress on decision-making, as well as increased decision latencies and reduced response vigor. CRF infusions did not alter preference for larger vs smaller rewards, but did reduce responding for food delivered on a progressive ratio, suggesting that these treatments may amplify perceived effort costs that may be required to obtain rewards. CRF infusions into the ventral tegmental area recapitulated the effect of central CRF treatment and restraint on choice behavior, suggesting that these effects may be mediated by perturbations in dopamine transmission. These findings highlight the involvement of CRF in regulating effort-related decisions and suggest that increased CRF activity may contribute to motivational impairments and abnormal decision-making associated with stress-related psychiatric disorders such as depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Courtney A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Stan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Floresco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005082:Physical Exertion; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012201:Reward; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017557:Ventral Tegmental Area / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; C045089:corticotropin releasing hormone (9-41)
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