2008
A History of Corticosterone Exposure Regulates Fear Extinction and Cortical NR2B, GluR2/3, and BDNF
Gourley SL, Kedves AT, Olausson P, Taylor JR. A History of Corticosterone Exposure Regulates Fear Extinction and Cortical NR2B, GluR2/3, and BDNF. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008, 34: 707-716. PMID: 18719621, PMCID: PMC3679657, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderConditioned fearFear memory acquisitionFear extinction trainingVentromedial prefrontal cortexContextual fear conditioningMedial orbitofrontal cortexPrior chronic exposureExtinction learningFear extinctionExtinction trainingFear conditioningFear statesImpairs extinctionStress disorderBehavioral flexibilityMemory acquisitionOrbitofrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexNeural systemsAMPA receptor subunitsCortical regionsActive learning processPrior stressGlucocorticoid exposure
2007
Regionally Specific Regulation of ERK MAP Kinase in a Model of Antidepressant-Sensitive Chronic Depression
Gourley SL, Wu FJ, Kiraly DD, Ploski JE, Kedves AT, Duman RS, Taylor JR. Regionally Specific Regulation of ERK MAP Kinase in a Model of Antidepressant-Sensitive Chronic Depression. Biological Psychiatry 2007, 63: 353-359. PMID: 17889834, PMCID: PMC2277331, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.07.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmitriptylineAnimalsAntidepressive Agents, TricyclicAnti-Inflammatory AgentsChronic DiseaseConditioning, OperantCorticosteroneCREB-Binding ProteinDentate GyrusDepressive Disorder, MajorDisease Models, AnimalEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFluoxetineHeat-Shock ProteinsHippocampusLocomotionMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular ChaperonesMotivationSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsConceptsAntidepressant efficacyChronic corticosteroneDentate gyrusChronic depressionCA1/CA3Depression-like behaviorExtracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2Response element-binding proteinSignal-regulated kinase 1/2Amitriptyline treatmentGlucocorticoid exposureADT treatmentNaive rodentsBehavioral despairLong-term consequencesTail suspensionElement-binding proteinCyclic adenosine monophosphateBiochemical measuresERK MAP kinasePrefrontal cortexHeat shock proteinsOperant conditioning taskCommon mediatorPERK1/2