2024
Sex differences in the distribution and density of regulatory interneurons in the striatum
Van Zandt M, Flanagan D, Pittenger C. Sex differences in the distribution and density of regulatory interneurons in the striatum. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2024, 18: 1415015. PMID: 39045533, PMCID: PMC11264243, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2024.1415015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFast spiking interneuronsCholinergic interneuronsDorsal striatumSex differencesTourette syndromeVentral striatumNeuropsychiatric disordersSomatostatin expressionContext of psychopathologyHuman neuropsychiatric disordersBasal ganglia functionInvestigate sex differencesNucleus accumbensCaudate-putamenBehavioral pathologyStriatumSomatostatin-expressing interneuronsStriatal interneuronsGABAergic interneuronsMale miceStereological quantificationFemale miceInterneuronsDisordersAccumbensActivation of M4 muscarinic receptors in the striatum reduces tic‐like behaviours in two distinct murine models of Tourette syndrome
Cadeddu R, Braccagni G, Branca C, van Luik E, Pittenger C, Thomsen M, Bortolato M. Activation of M4 muscarinic receptors in the striatum reduces tic‐like behaviours in two distinct murine models of Tourette syndrome. British Journal Of Pharmacology 2024, 181: 3064-3081. PMID: 38689378, DOI: 10.1111/bph.16392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive allosteric modulatorsD1CT-7 miceTourette syndromeMouse model of TSStriatal cholinergic interneuronsTic-like behavioursC-Fos levelsModel of TSActivate c-fosM4 muscarinic receptorsMuscarinic receptorsStriatal acetylcholineMouse modelStriatal expressionTic-likeStriatal levelsCholinergic interneuronsVU0467154Current pharmacotherapyXanomelineReceptor agonistsAllosteric modulatorsC-fosReceptor antagonistStriatum
2018
The Role of Stress in the Pathogenesis and Maintenance of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Adams T, Kelmendi B, Brake C, Gruner P, Badour C, Pittenger C. The Role of Stress in the Pathogenesis and Maintenance of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Chronic Stress 2018, 2: 2470547018758043. PMID: 29527593, PMCID: PMC5841259, DOI: 10.1177/2470547018758043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOnset of symptomsOCD symptomatologyNeuronal hypertrophyNeuronal atrophyPathophysiological relationshipLimbic circuitsLimbic circuitryFrontal cortexDorsolateral striatumPsychosocial stressGoal-directed learningNeural abnormalitiesPsychiatric symptomatologyDorsomedial striatumPreclinical researchNonspecific factorsRole of stressSymptomsCompulsive disorderSymptomatologyStriatumOCD symptomsPathogenesisIndependent causeTraumatic incidents
2015
Are There Biological Commonalities Among Different Psychiatric Disorders?
Etkin A, Pittenger C. Are There Biological Commonalities Among Different Psychiatric Disorders? 2015, 243-257. DOI: 10.1002/9781118753378.ch15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychiatric diseasesDifferent disordersMajor depressive disorderSame brain circuitsDifferent psychiatric disordersAnterior cingulate cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexDepressive disorderDorsal striatumPsychiatric disordersCingulate cortexOverlapping symptomatologyBrain circuitsVentral striatumBiological commonalitiesBrain functionPrefrontal cortexDisordersNormal functionDrug addictionStriatumCortexDiseaseDiagnosisSymptomatologyTargeted ablation of cholinergic interneurons in the dorsolateral striatum produces behavioral manifestations of Tourette syndrome
Xu M, Kobets A, Du JC, Lennington J, Li L, Banasr M, Duman RS, Vaccarino FM, DiLeone RJ, Pittenger C. Targeted ablation of cholinergic interneurons in the dorsolateral striatum produces behavioral manifestations of Tourette syndrome. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 893-898. PMID: 25561540, PMCID: PMC4311862, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419533112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTourette syndromeCholinergic interneuronsDorsolateral striatumSensorimotor gatingD-amphetamine challengeLarge cholinergic interneuronsSpecific cell ablationInterneuron deficitsStriatal interneuronsAcute administrationGABAergic markersDopaminergic drugsAvailable treatmentsPostmortem studiesPrepulse inhibitionTic disordersSevere diseaseHuman putamenMotor coordinationInterneuronsTargeted ablationSevere endStriatumAcute stressGilles de
2008
Are there Biological Commonalities among Different Psychiatric Disorders?
Pittenger C, Etkin A. Are there Biological Commonalities among Different Psychiatric Disorders? 2008, 243-256. DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric conditionsNormal functionDifferent psychiatric disordersAnterior cingulate cortexUnderlying biological abnormalitiesParticular psychiatric conditionsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexCurrent diagnostic schemesClinical aspectsSimilar brain systemsDorsal striatumSomatic illnessPsychiatric diseasesCingulate cortexBiological abnormalitiesBiological commonalitiesDifferent disordersPrefrontal cortexParticular disorderDisordersNeurobiological underpinningsStriatumBrain systemsCortex