2020
Medial PFC AMPA receptor and BDNF signaling are required for the rapid and sustained antidepressant-like effects of 5-HT1A receptor stimulation
Fukumoto K, Fogaça M, Liu RJ, Duman CH, Li XY, Chaki S, Duman RS. Medial PFC AMPA receptor and BDNF signaling are required for the rapid and sustained antidepressant-like effects of 5-HT1A receptor stimulation. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020, 45: 1725-1734. PMID: 32396921, PMCID: PMC7419563, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-0705-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorAntidepressant-like effectsMajor depressive disorderMedial prefrontal cortexMPFC infusionSelective stimulationReceptor antagonistAMPA receptorsNon-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonistTreatment of MDDN-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonistSynaptic functionAntidepressant-like actionNovelty-suppressed feedingAMPA receptor antagonistGlutamate AMPA receptorsMPFC 5Antidepressant effectsNeurotrophic factorReceptor agonistDepressive disorderSerotonergic systemReceptor stimulationReceptor activationSynaptic proteinsGABA interneurons are the cellular trigger for ketamine’s rapid antidepressant actions
Gerhard DM, Pothula S, Liu RJ, Wu M, Li XY, Girgenti MJ, Taylor SR, Duman CH, Delpire E, Picciotto M, Wohleb ES, Duman RS. GABA interneurons are the cellular trigger for ketamine’s rapid antidepressant actions. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2020, 130: 1336-1349. PMID: 31743111, PMCID: PMC7269589, DOI: 10.1172/jci130808.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid antidepressant actionsAntidepressant actionGABA interneuronsMedial prefrontal cortexCell-specific knockdownPrinciple neuronsPrefrontal cortexDeletion of GluN2BSingle subanesthetic doseBehavioral actionsAction of ketamineNMDA receptor antagonistExcitatory postsynaptic currentsCellular triggersMajor unmet needKetamine's rapid antidepressant actionsGABA subtypeGluN2B-NMDARsSST interneuronsPostsynaptic currentsReceptor antagonistDepressed patientsSubanesthetic doseExtracellular glutamateMood disorders
2017
Stress-Induced Neuronal Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Provokes Microglia-Mediated Neuronal Remodeling and Depressive-like Behavior
Wohleb ES, Terwilliger R, Duman CH, Duman RS. Stress-Induced Neuronal Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Provokes Microglia-Mediated Neuronal Remodeling and Depressive-like Behavior. Biological Psychiatry 2017, 83: 38-49. PMID: 28697890, PMCID: PMC6506225, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.05.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnxietyChronic DiseaseDepressive DisorderDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMacrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMicrogliaNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPhagocytosisPrefrontal CortexReceptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorRNA, MessengerSex CharacteristicsStress, PsychologicalUncertaintyConceptsDepressive-like behaviorChronic unpredictable stressMedial prefrontal cortexDendritic spine densityNeuronal remodelingSynaptic deficitsDevelopment of anxietyMessenger RNA levelsPrefrontal cortexSpine densityFemale miceFunctional changesStress exposureNeuron-microglia interactionsRNA levelsChronic stress exposureStress-induced elevationPostmortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexBehavioral consequencesNeuronal atrophyPyramidal neuronsMicroglia functionMale miceUnpredictable stress
2010
Post-weaning chronic social isolation produces profound behavioral dysregulation with decreases in prefrontal cortex synaptic-associated protein expression in female rats
Hermes G, Li N, Duman C, Duman R. Post-weaning chronic social isolation produces profound behavioral dysregulation with decreases in prefrontal cortex synaptic-associated protein expression in female rats. Physiology & Behavior 2010, 104: 354-359. PMID: 21185848, PMCID: PMC3387788, DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.12.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBehavioral SymptomsBody WeightDisks Large Homolog 4 ProteinEstriolEstrusExploratory BehaviorFemaleFood DeprivationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsPrefrontal CortexPregnancyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSocial IsolationSynapsinsConceptsFemale ratsNovelty-suppressed feeding testPrefrontal cortexSocial isolationPost-weaning social isolationSynapse-related proteinsChronic social isolationFemale Sprague-DawleyEarly life stressorsSerotonergic functionGlutamate receptorsSprague-DawleyMale rodentsMaternal separationProtein PSD95Profound dysregulationNeuropsychiatric disordersBrain developmentRatsAnxiety disordersMarked deficitDeprivation resultsProtein expressionAdult animalsBiochemical effects
2000
Fear conditioning and latent inhibition in mice lacking the high affinity subclass of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain
Caldarone B, Duman C, Picciotto M. Fear conditioning and latent inhibition in mice lacking the high affinity subclass of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain. Neuropharmacology 2000, 39: 2779-2784. PMID: 11044747, DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(00)00137-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent inhibitionFear conditioningLatent inhibition taskTests of cognitionSpecific nicotinic receptor subtypesSpatial learning deficitsCognitive tasksInhibition taskHigh affinity subclassCognitive effectsBehavioral freezingLearning deficitsConditioningFearNicotinic receptor subtypesTaskOverall levelCognitionToneNicotineDeficitsSimilar levelsNicotinic receptorsNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsPrevious studies