Neural Regeneration Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(1), P. 159 - 173
Published: April 3, 2024
Brain-derived
neurotrophic
factor
is
a
key
in
stress
adaptation
and
avoidance
of
social
behavioral
response.
Recent
studies
have
shown
that
brain-derived
expression
stressed
mice
brain
region–specific,
particularly
involving
the
corticolimbic
system,
including
ventral
tegmental
area,
nucleus
accumbens,
prefrontal
cortex,
amygdala,
hippocampus.
Determining
how
participates
processing
different
regions
will
deepen
our
understanding
psychopathology.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
regulation
stress-sensitive
closely
related
to
pathophysiology
depression.
We
focused
on
associated
molecular
pathways
neural
circuits,
with
special
attention
factor–tropomyosin
receptor
kinase
B
signaling
pathway
area–nucleus
accumbens
dopamine
circuit.
determined
stress-induced
alterations
levels
are
likely
nature,
severity,
duration
stress,
especially
above-mentioned
system.
Therefore,
BDNF
might
be
biological
indicator
regulating
stress-related
processes
various
regions.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Dec. 2, 2023
Ketamine
produces
rapid
antidepressant
effects
at
sub-anesthetic
dosage
through
early
and
sustained
activation
of
α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic
acid
receptors
(AMPARs),
however,
the
exact
molecular
mechanism
still
remains
unclear.
Transmembrane
AMPAR
regulatory
protein-γ8
(TARP-γ8)
is
identified
as
one
auxiliary
subunits,
which
controls
assemblies,
surface
trafficking
gating
AMPARs.
Here,
we
show
that
ketamine
rescues
both
depressive-like
behaviors
decreased
AMPARs-mediated
neurotransmission
by
recruitment
TARP-γ8
postsynaptic
sites
in
ventral
hippocampus
stressed
male
mice.
Furthermore,
are
abolished
selective
blockade
TARP-γ8-containing
or
uncoupling
from
PSD-95.
Overexpression
reverses
chronic
stress-induced
attenuation
neurotransmission.
Conversely,
knockdown
excitatory
neurons
prevents
ketamine.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 24, 2024
Abstract
Understanding
how
distinct
functional
circuits
are
coordinated
to
fine-tune
mood
and
behavior
is
of
fundamental
importance.
Here,
we
observe
that
within
the
dense
projections
from
basolateral
amygdala
(BLA)
bed
nucleus
stria
terminalis
(BNST),
there
two
functionally
opposing
pathways
orchestrated
enable
contextually
appropriate
expression
anxiety-like
behaviors
in
male
mice.
Specifically,
anterior
BLA
neurons
predominantly
innervate
anterodorsal
BNST
(adBNST),
while
their
posterior
counterparts
send
massive
fibers
oval
(ovBNST)
with
moderate
adBNST.
Optogenetic
activation
inputs
oppositely
regulated
activity
adBNST
behaviors,
via
disengaging
engaging
inhibitory
ovBNST-to-adBNST
microcircuit,
respectively.
Importantly,
exhibited
synchronized
but
opposite
responses
both
anxiolytic
anxiogenic
stimuli,
partially
due
mutual
inhibition
different
they
receive.
These
findings
reveal
synergistic
interactions
between
BLA-to-BNST
for
anxiety
ongoing
environmental
demands.
Neural Regeneration Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(1), P. 159 - 173
Published: April 3, 2024
Brain-derived
neurotrophic
factor
is
a
key
in
stress
adaptation
and
avoidance
of
social
behavioral
response.
Recent
studies
have
shown
that
brain-derived
expression
stressed
mice
brain
region–specific,
particularly
involving
the
corticolimbic
system,
including
ventral
tegmental
area,
nucleus
accumbens,
prefrontal
cortex,
amygdala,
hippocampus.
Determining
how
participates
processing
different
regions
will
deepen
our
understanding
psychopathology.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
regulation
stress-sensitive
closely
related
to
pathophysiology
depression.
We
focused
on
associated
molecular
pathways
neural
circuits,
with
special
attention
factor–tropomyosin
receptor
kinase
B
signaling
pathway
area–nucleus
accumbens
dopamine
circuit.
determined
stress-induced
alterations
levels
are
likely
nature,
severity,
duration
stress,
especially
above-mentioned
system.
Therefore,
BDNF
might
be
biological
indicator
regulating
stress-related
processes
various
regions.