T. Olsson et al., TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2 GENE-EXPRESSION IN ADULT-RAT HIPPOCAMPAL REGIONS - EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATIONS, Neuroscience letters, 189(2), 1995, pp. 113-116
Environmental enrichment increases glucocorticoid receptor expression
in hippocampal pyramidal neurons, but the molecular mechanisms are unk
nown. Several transcription factors are expressed in hippocampal neuro
ns where they respond to environmental stimuli. In this study 12 adult
male rats (n = 6 in each group) were exposed to enriched or isolated
environment for 30 days. The expression of AP-2 mRNA, studied by in si
tu hybridization, was attenuated by environmental enrichment in the CA
2 and CA3 subfields of the hippocampus. AP-2 may be involved in the en
vironmental effect of glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in these
neurons.