Profiling changes in cortical astroglial cells following chronic stress
Simard S, Coppola G, Rudyk CA, Hayley S, McQuaid RJ, Salmaso N. Profiling changes in cortical astroglial cells following chronic stress. Neuropsychopharmacology 2018, 43: 1961-1971. PMID: 29907879, PMCID: PMC6046043, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-018-0105-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic variable stressDepressive-like behaviorPerineuronal netsAstroglial cellsAstroglial plasticityCortical astroglial cellsAstroglial cell functionModel of depressionAstroglial contributionNeuroplasticity hypothesisAstroglial changesCortical astrogliaAntidepressant potentialDepressive behaviorSwim testGFAP expressionDepressive phenotypeNeuronal plasticityGlutamate recyclingCorticosterone levelsRibosome affinity purificationSynaptic plasticityGrowth factor signalingChronic stressDegradation of PNNs