2007
Antidepressant actions of the exercise-regulated gene VGF
Hunsberger JG, Newton SS, Bennett AH, Duman CH, Russell DS, Salton SR, Duman RS. Antidepressant actions of the exercise-regulated gene VGF. Nature Medicine 2007, 13: 1476-1482. PMID: 18059283, DOI: 10.1038/nm1669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntidepressant actionAntidepressant responseRobust antidepressant responseAction of antidepressantsAntidepressant drug developmentVGF nerve growth factorVGF-derived peptidesPotential therapeutic targetDepressed human subjectsNerve growth factorGrowth factor pathwaysNeurotrophic factorMouse hippocampusTherapeutic targetSynaptic plasticityBrain regionsFactor pathwayGrowth factorTarget genesCustom microarrayHealth benefitsPathway analysisVGFHuman subjectsDrug development
2003
Inducible, brain region-specific expression of a dominant negative mutant of c-Jun in transgenic mice decreases sensitivity to cocaine
Peakman M, Colby C, Perrotti L, Tekumalla P, Carle T, Ulery P, Chao J, Duman C, Steffen C, Monteggia L, Allen M, Stock J, Duman R, McNeish J, Barrot M, Self D, Nestler E, Schaeffer E. Inducible, brain region-specific expression of a dominant negative mutant of c-Jun in transgenic mice decreases sensitivity to cocaine. Brain Research 2003, 970: 73-86. PMID: 12706249, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02230-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNucleus accumbensFos proteinAdult miceRewarding effectsTransgenic miceBrain regionsBrain region-specific expressionCocaine-induced locomotor activityTranscription factor nuclear factor-kappaBRegion-specific expressionAdministration of cocaineChronic drug administrationGlutamate receptor subunit GluR2Chronic cocaine administrationNuclear factor-kappaBProtein kinase Cdk5C-JunAP-1-mediated transcriptionCocaine administrationFos responsePlace preferenceSubunit GluR2Drug AdministrationFactor-kappaBLocomotor activity