Magali Klaey-Tassone, Robert Soussignan, Karine Durand, Sarah Le Roy, Fabrice Damon, Angélique Villière, Catherine Fillonneau, Carole Prost, Bruno Patris, Paul Sagot, Benoist Schaal
{"title":"Testing detectability, attractivity, hedonic specificity, extractability, and robustness of colostrum odor—Toward an olfactory bioassay for human neonates","authors":"Magali Klaey-Tassone, Robert Soussignan, Karine Durand, Sarah Le Roy, Fabrice Damon, Angélique Villière, Catherine Fillonneau, Carole Prost, Bruno Patris, Paul Sagot, Benoist Schaal","doi":"10.1002/dev.22474","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.22474","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Human milk odor is attractive and appetitive for human newborns. Here, we studied behavioral and heart-rate (HR) responses of 2-day-old neonates to the odor of human colostrum. To evaluate detection in two conditions of stimulus delivery, we first presented the odor of total colostrum against water. Second, the hedonic specificity of total colostrum odor was tested against vanilla odor. Third, we delivered only the fresh effluvium of colostrum separated from the colostrum matrix; the stability of this colostrum effluvium was then tested after deep congelation; finally, after sorptive extraction of fresh colostrum headspace, we assessed the activity of colostrum volatiles eluting from the gas chromatograph (GC). Regardless of the stimulus-delivery method, neonates displayed attraction reactions (HR decrease) as well as appetitive oral responses to the odor of total colostrum but not to vanilla odor. The effluvium separated from the fresh colostrum matrix remained appetitive but appeared labile under deep freezing. Finally, volatiles from fresh colostrum effluvium remained behaviorally active after GC elution, although at lower magnitude. In sum, fresh colostrum effluvium and its eluate elicited a consistent increase in newborns’ oral activity (relative to water or vanilla), and they induced shallow HR decrease. Newborns’ appetitive oral behavior was the most reproducible response criterion to the effluvium of colostrum. In conclusion, a set of unidentified volatile compounds from human colostrum is robust enough after extraction from the original matrix and chromatographic processing to continue eliciting appetitive responses in neonates, thus opening new directions to isolate and assay specific volatile molecules of colostrum.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139989568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the motivational value of infant video clips on chimpanzees through discrimination learning task","authors":"Yuri Kawaguchi, Masaki Tomonaga","doi":"10.1002/dev.22470","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.22470","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The motivational value of visual infant stimuli in humans is considered to encourage parental behavior. To explore the evolutionary roots of this preference for infants, we examined the reward value of conspecific infant videos compared to adult ones in nine chimpanzees. We employed a novel approach, a simultaneous discrimination task with differential sensory reinforcement. In Experiments 1 and 2, we tested if watching conspecific infant videos is more rewarding than watching adult ones. Participants were required to discriminate between two visual stimuli by a touch panel task. In video reward trials, a video clip featuring a chimpanzee infant followed a correct choice, while one featuring an adult followed an incorrect choice. However, the percentage of correct choices did not significantly differ from chance except in one chimpanzee, indicating that chimpanzees did not exhibit a preference for watching infant videos over those of adult. In Experiment 3, we tested if chimpanzees prefer conspecific videos over a blank screen; however, we did not find evidence either at a group level. These results suggest that the incentive salience of infant stimuli may not be universally compelling across species. Additionally, we discuss the limitations of the task using sensory reinforcement.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139734705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Zarate-Lopez, Andrea P. Garzón-Partida, Oscar Gonzalez-Perez, Alma Y. Gálvez-Contreras
{"title":"Sex differences in autism-like behavior and dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra of juvenile mice prenatally exposed to valproate","authors":"David Zarate-Lopez, Andrea P. Garzón-Partida, Oscar Gonzalez-Perez, Alma Y. Gálvez-Contreras","doi":"10.1002/dev.22469","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.22469","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication and repetitive and restricted behaviors. Sex dimorphism in the brain, including midbrain dopaminergic circuits, can explain differences in social behavior impairment and stereotypic behaviors between male and female individuals with ASD. These abnormal patterns may be due to alterations in dopamine synthesis in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra (SN). We used an autism-like mouse model by prenatal valproic acid (VPA) exposure. CD1 pregnant female mice were injected with 500 mg/kg VPA or 0.9% NaCl as a vehicle on gestational day 12.5. In the offspring, on postnatal day 31, we examined the social and repetitive behaviors and the number of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive cells in VTA and SN by sex. Male VPA mice showed impaired social behavior and increased repetitive behaviors when compared to male vehicles. In females, we did not find statistically significant differences in social or repetitive behaviors between the groups. Male VPA mice had fewer TH<sup>+</sup> cells in the SN than control-vehicle mice. Interestingly, no cellular changes were observed between females. This study supports the notion that sex dimorphism of certain brain regions is involved in the etiopathogenesis and clinical presentation of ASD.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139729196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The last stage of development: The restructuring and plasticity of the cortex during adolescence especially at puberty","authors":"Janice M. Juraska","doi":"10.1002/dev.22468","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.22468","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There is considerable evidence of reorganization in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence in humans, as well as in rodents, where the cellular basis can be explored. Studies from my laboratory in the rat medial prefrontal cortex are reviewed here. In general, growth predominates before puberty. Pruning mainly occurs at puberty and after with decreases in the number of synapses, dendrites, and neurons. Perineuronal nets, extracellular structures that control plasticity, are pruned peripubertally only in female rats, which may further open the adolescent prefrontal cortex to environmental influences. This is supported by our recent evidence that exposure to mild stress early, but not late, in adolescence decreases prepulse inhibition. Additionally, exposure to methamphetamine in females early in adolescence increases the number of a major class of inhibitory interneurons, parvalbumin neurons, while the opposite occurs late in adolescence. In females, even estrogen receptor beta mRNA decreases at puberty in the prefrontal cortex. Interestingly, rats of both sexes perform better after puberty on a test of cognitive flexibility in the water maze. Thus, evidence is accruing that adolescence is not a single entity but rather an ongoing set of processes, and environmental effects will differ depending on timing and sex.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dev.22468","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139729197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathy Ayala, Kristin Voegtline, Helena JV Rutherford
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain?","authors":"Kathy Ayala, Kristin Voegtline, Helena JV Rutherford","doi":"10.1002/dev.22467","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.22467","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Here, we debate that fetal behavior may contribute to the dynamic changes observed in the maternal brain during the perinatal period. We call for future research to explore this perspective to understand the complex maternal–fetal relationship and how fetal signals influence the preparation for parenthood.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139711770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas J. Collins, Taylor S. Campbell, Aimee L. Bozeman, Alleyna C. Martes, Sydney E. Ross, Tiffany S. Doherty, Michele R. Brumley, Tania L. Roth
{"title":"Epigenetic processes associated with neonatal spinal transection","authors":"Nicholas J. Collins, Taylor S. Campbell, Aimee L. Bozeman, Alleyna C. Martes, Sydney E. Ross, Tiffany S. Doherty, Michele R. Brumley, Tania L. Roth","doi":"10.1002/dev.22466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22466","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In early development, the spinal cord in healthy or disease states displays remarkable activity-dependent changes in plasticity, which may be in part due to the increased activity of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Indeed, BDNF delivery has been efficacious in partially ameliorating many of the neurobiological and behavioral consequences of spinal cord injury (SCI), making elucidating the role of BDNF in the normative developing and injured spinal cord a critical research focus. Recent work in our laboratory provided evidence for aberrant global and locus-specific epigenetic changes in methylation of the <i>Bdnf</i> gene as a consequence of SCI. In the present study, animals underwent thoracic lesions on P1, with cervical and lumbar tissue being later collected on P7, P14, and P21. Levels of <i>Bdnf</i> expression and methylation (exon IX and exon IV), in addition to global methylation levels were quantified at each timepoint. Results indicated locus-specific reductions of <i>Bdnf</i> expression that was accompanied by a parallel increase in methylation caudal to the injury site, with animals displaying increased <i>Bdnf</i> expression at the P14 timepoint. Together, these findings suggest that epigenetic activity of the <i>Bdnf</i> gene may act as biomarker in the etiology and intervention effort efficacy following SCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Brondani Mucellini, Daniela Pereira Laureano, Márcio Bonesso Alves, Roberta Dalle Molle, Mariana Balbinot Borges, Ana Paula da Ascenção Salvador, Irina Pokhvisneva, Gisele Gus Manfro, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira
{"title":"The impact of poor fetal growth and chronic hyperpalatable diet exposure in adulthood on hippocampal function and feeding patterns in male rats","authors":"Amanda Brondani Mucellini, Daniela Pereira Laureano, Márcio Bonesso Alves, Roberta Dalle Molle, Mariana Balbinot Borges, Ana Paula da Ascenção Salvador, Irina Pokhvisneva, Gisele Gus Manfro, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira","doi":"10.1002/dev.22459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22459","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Poor fetal growth affects eating behavior and the mesocorticolimbic system; however, its influence on the hippocampus has been less explored. Brain insulin sensitivity has been linked to developmental plasticity in response to fetal adversity and to cognitive performance following high-fat diet intake. We investigated whether poor fetal growth and exposure to chronic hyperpalatable food in adulthood could influence the recognition of environmental and food cues, eating behavior patterns, and hippocampal insulin signaling. At 60 days of life, we assigned male offspring from a prenatal animal model of 50% food restriction (FR) to receive either a high-fat and -sugar (HFS) diet or standard chow (CON) diet. Behavioral tests were conducted at 140 days, then tissues were collected. HFS groups showed a diminished hippocampal pAkt/Akt ratio. FR-CON and FR-HFS groups had higher levels of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3, compared to control groups. FR groups showed increased exploration of a novel hyperpalatable food, independent of their diet, and HFS groups exhibited overall lower entropy (less random, more predictable eating behavior) when the environment changed. Poor fetal growth and chronic HFS diet in adulthood altered hippocampal insulin signaling and eating patterns, diminishing the flexibility associated with eating behavior in response to extrinsic changes in food availability in the environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dev.22459","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139655509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie M. Eick, Kaegan Ortlund, Andréa Aguiar, Francheska M. Merced-Nieves, Megan L. Woodbury, Ginger L. Milne, Susan L. Schantz
{"title":"Associations between oxidative stress biomarkers during pregnancy and infant cognition at 7.5 months","authors":"Stephanie M. Eick, Kaegan Ortlund, Andréa Aguiar, Francheska M. Merced-Nieves, Megan L. Woodbury, Ginger L. Milne, Susan L. Schantz","doi":"10.1002/dev.22457","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.22457","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Oxidative stress has been identified as an important biological pathway leading to neurodevelopmental delay. However, studies assessing the effects of oxidative stress on cognitive outcomes during infancy, a critical period of neurodevelopment, are limited. Our analysis included a subset of those enrolled in the Illinois Kids Development Study (N = 144). Four oxidative stress biomarkers (8-isoprostane-PGF<sub>2α</sub>, 2,3-dinor-5,6-dihydro-8-iso-PGF<sub>2α</sub>, 2,3-dinor-8-iso-PGF<sub>2α</sub>, and prostaglandin-F<sub>2α</sub>) were measured in second and third trimesters urine and were averaged. Infant cognition was measured using a visual recognition memory task consisting of five blocks, each with one familiarization trial (two identical stimuli) and two test trials (one familiar and one novel stimulus). Outcomes measured included average run duration (a measure of information processing speed), novelty preference (a measure of recognition memory), time to reach familiarization, and shift rate (measures of attention). Linear regression was used to estimate associations between individual oxidative stress biomarkers and each outcome. Increasing 8-isoprostane-PGF<sub>2α</sub>, 2,3-dinor-8-iso-PGF<sub>2α</sub>, and prostaglandin-F<sub>2α</sub> were associated with a decrease in novelty preference (<i>β</i> = −0.02, 95% confidence interval [CI] = −0.03, 0.00; <i>β</i> = −0.02, 95% CI = −0.04, 0.00; <i>β</i> = −0.01, 95% CI = −0.02, 0.00, respectively), as well as a modest increase in shift rate. These findings suggest that oxidative stress may be associated with poorer recognition memory in early infancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139587343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chris L. Porter, Sarah M. Coyne, Noah A. Chojnacki, Brandon T. McDaniel, Peter J. Reschke, Laura A. Stockdale
{"title":"Toddlers’ physiological response to parent's mobile device distraction and technoference","authors":"Chris L. Porter, Sarah M. Coyne, Noah A. Chojnacki, Brandon T. McDaniel, Peter J. Reschke, Laura A. Stockdale","doi":"10.1002/dev.22460","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dev.22460","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given the prevalence of mobile device use, especially among parents of young children, the current study examines the impact of mobile device distraction (<i>technoference</i>) on toddlers’ physiological and emotional functioning. We suspected that toddlers’ would demonstrate difficultly maintaining physiological and emotional homeostasis when parents became distracted by a mobile device. In this study, we examined toddlers’ (N = 129, M age = 29.05 months) physiological and behavioral responses across three conditions in an induced technoference task that mimicked elements of a traditional still face paradigm (i.e., social engagement, phone distraction, and social recovery). Similar to previous studies employing still face with younger infants, a majority of toddlers demonstrated a loss of positive affective tone mirrored by heart rate increase and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) decrease (vagal withdrawal) during the phone distraction condition relative to the initial and final social engagement conditions. However, some toddlers demonstrated vagal activation (RSA increase) to parents’ phone distraction. Greater RSA withdrawal was linked to decreased positive affect and increased negative affect for children during parents’ phone distraction. Parents who reported higher levels of technoference were more likely to have children who demonstrated lower vagal reactivity (greater vagal withdrawal) to parents’ phone distraction while parents attitudes about technoference (e.g., “it is okay to use a mobile device in front of my child”) was found to be linked to higher RSA reactivity (greater vagal activation). Findings are discussed in relation to Porges’ polyvagal theory and the possible role that interactive dynamics play in children's emerging regulatory systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":11086,"journal":{"name":"Developmental psychobiology","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139587315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}