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
2015
Spine synapse remodeling in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression
Duman CH, Duman RS. Spine synapse remodeling in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression. Neuroscience Letters 2015, 601: 20-29. PMID: 25582786, PMCID: PMC4497940, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.01.022.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsSynaptic protein synthesisPrefrontal cortexSpine densityTreatment-resistant MDD patientsChronic antidepressant treatmentSpine synapse numberControl of moodChronic stress modelSynapse connectivityTreatment of depressionLimbic brain regionsPFC of rodentsRapid therapeutic actionDendrite complexityRegion-specific effectsSynaptogenic hypothesisAntidepressant treatmentAntidepressant ketamineBDNF regulationNeurotrophic factorMDD patientsDepressed patientsSynapse alterationsSynapse numberFunctional abnormalities