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The neurocircuitry and receptor subtypes mediating anxiolytic-like effects of neuropeptide Y

Kask, Ants, Harro, Jaanus, von Hörsten, Stephan, Redrobe, John P., Dumont, Yvan, Quirion, Rémi·2002·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Abstract

This review aims to give a brief overview of NPY receptor distribution and physiology in the brain and summarizes series of studies, test by test and region by region, aimed at identification receptor subtypes and neuronal circuitry mediating anxiolytic-like effects of NPY. We conclude that from four known NPY receptor subtypes in the rat (Y(1), Y(2), Y(4), Y(5)), only the NPY Y(1) receptor can be linked to anxiety-regulation with certainty in the forebrain, and that NPY Y(2) receptor may have a role in the pons. Microinjection studies with NPY and NPY receptor antagonists support the hypothesis that the amygdala, the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter, dorsocaudal lateral septum and locus coeruleus form a neuroanatomical substrate that mediates anxiolytic-like effects of NPY. The release of NPY in these areas is likely phasic, as NPY receptor antagonists are silent on their own. However, constant NPY-ergic tone seems to exist in the dorsal periaqueductal gray, the only brain region where NPY Y(1) receptor antagonists had anxiogenic-like effects. We conclude that endogenous NPY has an important role in reducing anxiety and serves as a physiological stabilizer of neural activity in circuits involved in the regulation of arousal and anxiety.

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  • In animal studies, NPY mediates anxiolysis through mechanisms including inhibiting amygdalar activation, increasing calcineurin-induced synaptic remodelling in the basolateral amygdala via the Y1 receptor, counteracting the anxiogenic effect of CRH, reducing noradrenergic activity in the locus coeruleus, and inhibiting excitatory neurotransmission in the dorsal periaqueductal grey.

    “From animal studies it is known that NPY mediates anxiolysis e.g. by inhibiting amygdalar activation and increasing calcineurin-induced synaptic remodelling in the basolateral amygdala (via the Y 1 receptor), counteracting the anxiogenic effect of CRH, reducing noradrenergic activity in the locus coeruleus and inhibiting excitatory neurotransmission in the dorsal periaqueductal grey (Kask et al.,”
  • NPY is the most abundant peptide in the brain and is expressed from the medullary brainstem to the cerebral cortex.

    “NPY is the most abundant peptide in the brain and is expressed from the medullary brainstem to the cerebral cortex (for review, see [175]).”

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Authors
Kask, A., Harro, J., von Hörsten, S., Redrobe, J. P., Dumont, Y., & Quirion, R.
Affiliations
  • National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE)
  • University of Tartu (EE)
  • Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
Corresponding author
Kask, Ants
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2002-05
Volume
26
Issue
3
Pages
259-283
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1987735575
Cited by
358
References
311
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
neuropeptide Y, NPY receptors, Y1 receptor, Y2 receptor, Y4 receptor, Y5 receptor, anxiolytic effects, anxiety regulation, neurocircuitry, amygdala, dorsal periaqueductal gray, locus coeruleus, NPY receptor antagonists, arousal
MeSH terms
Animals, Anxiety, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Brain Chemistry, Humans, Neuropeptide Y, Anti-Anxiety Agents, Receptors, Neuropeptide Y, Models, Animal

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