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Chronic Stress Induces Activity, Synaptic, and Transcriptional Remodeling of the Lateral Habenula Associated with Deficits in Motivated Behaviors

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Cerniauskas, Ignas, Winterer, Jochen, de Jong, Johannes W., Lukacsovich, David, Yang, Hongbin, Khan, Fawwad, Peck, James R., Obayashi, Sophie K. +4 more·2019·Neuron

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Chronic stress (CS) is a major risk factor for the development of depression. Here, we demonstrate that CS-induced hyperactivity in ventral tegmental area (VTA)-projecting lateral habenula (LHb) neurons is associated with increased passive coping (PC), but not anxiety or anhedonia. LHb→VTA neurons in mice with increased PC show increased burst and tonic firing as well as synaptic adaptations in excitatory inputs from the entopeduncular nucleus (EP). In vivo manipulations of EP→LHb or LHb→VTA neurons selectively alter PC and effort-related motivation. Conversely, dorsal raphe (DR)-projecting LHb neurons do not show CS-induced hyperactivity and are targeted indirectly by the EP. Using single-cell transcriptomics, we reveal a set of genes that can collectively serve as biomarkers to identify mice with increased PC and differentiate LHb→VTA from LHb→DR neurons. Together, we provide a set of biological markers at the level of genes, synapses, cells, and circuits that define a distinctive CS-induced behavioral phenotype.

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  • Lateral habenula neurons fire in response to aversive stimuli and the absence of an expected reward.

    “LHb neurons fire in response to both aversive stimuli and the absence of an expected reward [257-260].”
  • Optogenetic activation of lateral habenula neurons via lateral hypothalamic projections triggers avoidance and escape behaviors, whereas optogenetic or pharmacological inhibition of lateral habenula discharge impairs avoidance and escape in response to aversive stimuli.

    “Optogenetic activation of LHb neurons via projections from the lateral hypothalamic nucleus (LH) triggers avoidance and escape behaviors, whereas optogenetic or pharmacological inhibition of LHb cell discharge impairs avoidance and escape in response to aversive stimuli [258][259][260].”

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Cerniauskas, I., Winterer, J., de Jong, J. W., Lukacsovich, D., Yang, H., Khan, F., Peck, J. R., Obayashi, S. K., Lilascharoen, V., Lim, B. K., Földy, C., & Lammel, S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • University of Zurich (CH)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
  • Földy, Csaba
  • Lammel, Stephan
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-12
Volume
104
Issue
5
Pages
899-915.e8
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2981981976
Cited by
187
References
137
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2
FWCI
6.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (CRETP3_166815)
  • Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH112721, R01MH107742)
  • Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine
  • Rita Allen Foundation
  • University of North Carolina
  • Valley Foundation
  • Hellman Foundation
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung
  • Whitehall Foundation (2015-12-69)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
chronic stress, lateral habenula, ventral tegmental area, entopeduncular nucleus, dorsal raphe nucleus, passive coping, depression, synaptic plasticity, neuronal firing patterns, single-cell transcriptomics, biomarkers, neural circuits
MeSH terms
Psychological Distress, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Depression, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Motivation, Neurons, Phenotype, Habenula, Mice

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