Sex-dependent effects of stress on insular cortex-to-nucleus accumbens synaptic plasticity
Manon Gauthier, Emilie Dugast, Virginie Lardeux, Kevin Letort, Laure Belnoue, Éric Balado, Marcello Solinas, Pauline Belujon
This study shows that acute stress affects synaptic plasticity in the aIC-NAcC pathway differently in male and female rats, suggesting sex-dependent neuroadaptations related to stress-related psychiatric disorders.
bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience