Chronic Corticosterone Treatment
Objective: To establish a mouse model of chronic stress through corticosterone administration and evaluate the effects on anxiety and depression-related behaviors
This is a Chronic Corticosterone Treatment protocol using mouse as the model organism. The procedure involves 3 procedural steps, 1 materials. Extracted from a 2015 paper published in Neuropsychopharmacology.
Model and subjects
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Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Chronic Corticosterone Administration • Behavioral Testing Under Chronic Stress • HPA Axis Assessment
Primary readouts
- Anxiety-related behaviors
- Depression-related behaviors
- HPA axis regulation
- Adult hippocampal neurogenesis levels
Key equipment and reagents
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Chronic Corticosterone Administration
Administer corticosterone chronically to establish a mouse model of stress
Note: This creates the stress condition for testing the effects of increased adult neurogenesis
View evidence from paper
“mice treated chronically with corticosterone (CORT), a mouse model of stress”
Behavioral Testing Under Chronic Stress
Evaluate anxiety and depression-related behaviors in mice receiving chronic corticosterone treatment
Note: Testing measures whether increased adult neurogenesis reduces anxiety and depression-like behaviors
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“increasing adult neurogenesis is sufficient to reduce anxiety and depression-related behaviors in mice treated chronically with corticosterone”
HPA Axis Assessment
Evaluate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis regulation at baseline and following chronic CORT administration
Note: Determines whether increased neurogenesis affects HPA axis function
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“no effect of increased adult hippocampal neurogenesis on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis regulation, either at baseline or following chronic CORT administration”