Remodeling of axo-spinous synapses in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression
Licznerski P, Duman RS. Remodeling of axo-spinous synapses in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression. Neuroscience 2012, 251: 33-50. PMID: 23036622, PMCID: PMC3566360, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAxo-spinous synapsesAlters spine morphologyPathophysiology of depressionTreatment of depressionLimbic brain regionsEffective therapeutic agentExpression of prePlasticity-related proteinsStress-related illnessesBasic research studiesSynaptic machineryBehavioral deficitsDendritic spinesPsychiatric disordersAnimal modelsFunctional alterationsSynaptic plasticityBrain regionsSpine morphologyPrefrontal cortexTherapeutic agentsStress exposureNeuronal communicationBrain imagingSpine architecture