不同的腹神经群体介导单独的抑郁症状
Daniel Knowland1, Varoth Lilascharoen2, Christopher Pham Pacia2
1Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA; Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA.
Cell
|July 11, 2017
概括
研究人员在腹皮 (VP) 中发现了两种不同的脑电路, 抗抑郁药物治疗使压力引起的变化正常化,这表明潜在的症状特异性抑郁疗法.
科学领域:
- 神经科学
- 精神病学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 大型抑郁症 (MDD) 呈现出各种症状,使有效治疗复杂化.
- 大脑的不同循环可能是抑郁症症状的基础, 但它们的作用和应对压力的适应仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查腹皮 (VP) 中的离散帕瓦胺阳性 (PV) 神经元电路及其对类似抑郁症行为的贡献.
- 了解这些回路如何适应社会压力,
主要方法:
- 发射到侧面大脑或腹膜区域的VP神经元中的电生理记录.
- 评估社会失败后的行为适应.
- 评估抗抑郁药对神经活动和行为的影响.
主要成果:
- 确定了两个不同的VPP神经元电路,投射到侧面的 habenula 和腹部的 tegmental 区域.
- 这些电路表现出对社会失败压力的不同电生理适应.
- 抗抑郁药物治疗使这些因压力而导致的适应正常化.
- 每个电路的选择性操纵都会导致社会退缩或行为绝望,
结论:
- 独立的VP PV神经元电路可以成为小鼠中独立但相关的抑郁类表型的基础.
- 这一发现为开发症状特异性抑郁症治疗提供了一个潜在的平台.
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