2022
Positive modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the mPFC reduces the spontaneous recovery of fear
Lee B, Pothula S, Wu M, Kang H, Girgenti MJ, Picciotto MR, DiLeone RJ, Taylor JR, Duman RS. Positive modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the mPFC reduces the spontaneous recovery of fear. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 2580-2589. PMID: 35418600, PMCID: PMC9135632, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01498-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderFear extinctionInfralimbic medial prefrontal cortexFear conditioning modelEnhanced fear extinctionFear-based behaviorsProlonged stress modelMedial prefrontal cortexSpontaneous recoveryIL-mPFCPTSD modelPTSD treatmentStress disorderPrefrontal cortexSPS modelN-methyl-D-aspartate receptor modulatorsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsBehavioral effectsIncreased attentionMPFCPreclinical findingsPyramidal neuronsNeurotrophic factorMale mice
2011
Local Application of Neurotrophins Specifies Axons Through Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate, Calcium, and Ca2+/Calmodulin–Dependent Protein Kinases
Nakamuta S, Funahashi Y, Namba T, Arimura N, Picciotto MR, Tokumitsu H, Soderling TR, Sakakibara A, Miyata T, Kamiguchi H, Kaibuchi K. Local Application of Neurotrophins Specifies Axons Through Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate, Calcium, and Ca2+/Calmodulin–Dependent Protein Kinases. Science Signaling 2011, 4: ra76. PMID: 22087032, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2002011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorNeurotrophin-3Neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factorLocal applicationImmature neuritesCultured hippocampal neuronsAxon specificationSpecific intracellular pathwaysNeurotrophic factorCortical neuronsHippocampal neuronsNeurotrophin receptorParacrine fashionCultured neuronsDependent protein kinase kinaseDependent protein kinaseNeuronsProtein kinase kinaseAxonsIntracellular pathwaysDependent fashionLocal activationNeuritesNeurite outgrowthGrowth cones