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The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry
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Depression is a complex disorder that takes an enormous toll on individual health. As affected individuals display a wide variation in their clinical symptoms, the precise neural mechanisms underlying the development of depression remain elusive. Although it is impossible to phenocopy every symptom of human depression in rodents, the preclinical field has had great success in modeling some of the core affective and neurovegetative depressive symptoms, including social withdrawal, anhedonia, and weight loss. Adaptations in select cell populations may underlie these individual depressive symptoms and new tools have expanded our ability to monitor and manipulate specific cell types. This review outlines some of the most recent preclinical discoveries on the molecular and neurophysiological mechanisms in reward circuitry that underlie the expression of behavioral constructs relevant to depressive symptoms.
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This review synthesizes preclinical evidence on molecular and cellular adaptations in ventral tegmental area (VTA) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) reward circuitry that underlie depression-like behaviors, especially anhedonia and social withdrawal. It emphasizes cell-type-specific and sometimes bidirectional changes across stress models and calls for more work on non-neuronal cells, sex differences, and treatment-resistant depression.
Key findings
- Stress produces divergent VTA dopamine neuron activity: chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) increases VTA dopamine neuron firing, with increased Ih currents in NAc-projecting but not mPFC-projecting neurons; inhibiting NAc-projecting VTA dopamine neurons induces resilience, whereas inhibiting mPFC projections promotes susceptibility. Chronic mild or cold stress instead reduces VTA population activity, an effect more pronounced in females.
- In NAc, chronic stress causes opposing medium spiny neuron (MSN) subtype changes: excitatory input is weakened onto D1-MSNs and strengthened onto D2-MSNs; optogenetic D1-MSN stimulation reverses social and sucrose preference deficits, while D2-MSN stimulation enhances stress susceptibility. D1-MSN dendritic complexity is reduced in CSDS-susceptible mice, and D1-MSN RhoA/Egr3 signaling promotes susceptibility.
- Molecular adaptations include BDNF-TrkB, AKT, ERK2, Cdk5, Otx2, CREB/ΔFosB, β-catenin/Dicer1, Dnmt3a, Tet1, H3.3, and SIRT1, with cell-type-specific examples such as decreased Slc6a15 in D2-MSNs and decreased Nlgn2 in D1-MSNs of susceptible mice.
- Non-neuronal and neuroimmune mechanisms are implicated: at least 40% of cells in rodent and human brain are non-neuronal; chronic stress increases IL-6, IL-1β, and CXCL1, recruits monocytes/macrophages, and alters microglia, while anti-inflammatory treatments reduce depressive symptoms in humans. Approximately 95% of NAc neurons are MSNs, but cholinergic interneurons and glia also contribute.
Methods
- Design: narrative review of preclinical rodent models for depression-like behavior—chronic unpredictable stress (CUS; 8–12 weeks), learned helplessness, and CSDS (10 days; approximately 70% stress-susceptible, ~30% stress-resilient)—integrated with human functional imaging and postmortem MDD findings.
- Data or sample: no new experimental data; synthesizes cited rodent studies using male, female, and adolescent mice/rats, plus human postmortem MDD tissue and imaging studies.
- Main analysis: qualitative synthesis of electrophysiological, optogenetic, viral, transcriptomic, epigenetic, structural, and behavioral findings, with proposed remaining questions rather than a systematic or quantitative meta-analysis.
Limitations
- The paper states that many questions remain, including whether bidirectional VTA activity changes reflect stress paradigm, symptom type, or distinct cell populations; most NAc D1/D2-MSN work was done solely in male rodents; validation relies heavily on postmortem MDD tissue often from suicide completers; and new antidepressants have not been approved despite rodent progress.
- The paper states that preclinical models cannot phenocopy all human depression symptoms, that forced-swim/tail-suspension interpretations have been questioned, and that treatment-resistant populations are understudied.
- Evident from the text: as a narrative review, it lacks a systematic search or meta-analysis, and conclusions depend on cited studies with heterogeneous stress paradigms, housing conditions, sex inclusion, and cell-type specificity.
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“Increased VTA Cav1.3 channel activity enhances anhedonia and social-behavior deficits [56]”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Supportedcites [56] Martínez-Rivera A, Hao J, Tropea TF, Giordano TP, Kosovsky M, Rice RC, et al. Enhancing VTA Cav1.3 L-type Ca2+ channel activity promotes cocaine and mood-related behaviors via overlapping AMPA receptor mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens. Mol Psychiatry. 2017;22:1735–45. source
The Results section reports that repeated activation of VTA Cav1.3 channels induced anhedonia in a sucrose preference test and decreased social approach behavior in mice. These findings support the attributed claim; the paper reports these as mouse behavioral outcomes. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“The remaining ~30% of mice retain preference for social interaction and are termed “stress-resilient.””
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Social defeat stress
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- Not checked yetcites [13] Krishnan V, Han M-HH, Graham DL, Berton O, Renthal W, Russo SJ, et al. Molecular adaptations underlying susceptibility and resistance to social defeat in brain reward regions. Cell. 2007;131:391–404. source
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“Chronic physical or psychosocial stressors increase VTA dopamine neuron activity to elicit depression-like behavior.”
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- Not checked yetcites [13] Krishnan V, Han M-HH, Graham DL, Berton O, Renthal W, Russo SJ, et al. Molecular adaptations underlying susceptibility and resistance to social defeat in brain reward regions. Cell. 2007;131:391–404. source
- Not checked yetcites [23] Chaudhury D, Walsh JJ, Friedman AK, Juarez B, Ku SM, Koo JW, et al. Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons. Nature. 2013;493:532–6. source
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- Not checked yetcites [29] Cao J-LJ-L, Covington HE, Friedman AK, Wilkinson MB, Walsh JJ, Cooper DC, et al. Mesolimbic dopamine neurons in the brain reward circuit mediate susceptibility to social defeat and antidepressant action. J Neurosci. 2010;30:16453–8. source
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“Compounds that produce acute behavioral effects in a forced-swim or tail-suspension test (i.e., increase struggling time) may not translate to meaningful therapeutics when administered chronically”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [9] Anyan J, Amir S. Too depressed to swim or too afraid to stop? A reinterpretation of the forced swim test as a measure of anxiety-like behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018;43:931–3. source
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“Stressed animals also tend to spend less time struggling against inescapable stressors such as forced swimming or tail suspension.”
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Czéh B, Fuchs E, Wiborg O, Simon M. Animal models of major depression and their clinical implications. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2016;64:293–310. source
- Not checked yetcites [8] Nestler EJ, Hyman SE. Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders. Nat Neurosci. 2010;13:1161–9. source
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“they also respond to aversive events [21, 22]”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [21] Matsumoto M, Hikosaka O. Two types of dopamine neuron distinctly convey positive and negative motivational signals. Nature. 2009;459:837–41. source
- Not checked yetcites [22] Cohen JY, Haesler S, Vong L, Lowell BB, Uchida N. Neuron-type-specific signals for reward and punishment in the ventral tegmental area. Nature. 2012;482:85–8. source
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“Chronically stressed rodents have reduced reward preference, as measured by a loss of preference for sucrose solutions and time spent interacting with a novel con-specific.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Czéh B, Fuchs E, Wiborg O, Simon M. Animal models of major depression and their clinical implications. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2016;64:293–310. source
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“human functional imaging and postmortem tissue studies have identified abnormalities in several brain regions [2–6] including nuclei within the brain’s reward pathway.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [2] Drevets WC. Neuroimaging and neuropathological studies of depression: implications for the cognitive-emotional features of mood disorders. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2001;11:240–9. source
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“burst firing is increased in vivo during an encounter with an aggressive rat [32].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [32] Anstrom KK, Miczek KA, Budygin EA. Increased phasic dopamine signaling in the mesolimbic pathway during social defeat in rats. Neuroscience. 2009;161:3–12. source
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“The stress-mediated increases in VTA dopamine neuron firing are caused by increased Ih currents [29, 35]”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [29] Cao J-LJ-L, Covington HE, Friedman AK, Wilkinson MB, Walsh JJ, Cooper DC, et al. Mesolimbic dopamine neurons in the brain reward circuit mediate susceptibility to social defeat and antidepressant action. J Neurosci. 2010;30:16453–8. source
- Not checked yetcites [35] Wanat MJ, Hopf FW, Stuber GD, Phillips PEM, Bonci A. Corticotropin-releasing factor increases mouse ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron firing through a protein kinase C-dependent enhancement of I h. J Physiol. 2008;586:2157–70. source
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“CB2 activation reduces VTA dopamine neuron firing [39] and immobility in forced-swim and tail-suspension tests [40].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Supportedcites [39] Zhang H-Y, Gao M, Liu Q-R, Bi G-H, Li X, Yang H-J, et al. Cannabinoid CB2 receptors modulate midbrain dopamine neuronal activity and dopamine-related behavior in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014;111:E5007–15. source
Citation [39] is attached only to the claim about VTA dopamine neuron firing; the immobility claim is attributed to [40]. In “CB2R Activation Inhibits VTA DA Neuronal Firing” (page not provided), the paper reports that CB2 receptor agonists inhibited VTA dopamine neuronal firing. (LLM, conf=0.94)
- Not checked yetcites [40] Bahi A, Al Mansouri S, Al Memari E, Al Ameri M, Nurulain SM, Ojha S. β-Caryophyllene, a CB2 receptor agonist produces multiple behavioral changes relevant to anxiety and depression in mice. Physiol Behav. 2014;135:119–24. source
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“The stress-induced behavioral phenotypes are reversed by chronic, but not acute antidepressant treatment, and are thus posited to have both face and predictive validity [8].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Nestler EJ, Hyman SE. Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders. Nat Neurosci. 2010;13:1161–9. source
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“Reward learning and connectivity between the VTA and striatum is impaired in MDD patients [18, 19].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [18] Kumar P, Goer F, Murray L, Dillon DG, Beltzer ML, Cohen AL, et al. Impaired reward prediction error encoding and striatal-midbrain connectivity in depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018;43:1581–8. source
- Not checked yetcites [19] Blood AJ, Iosifescu DV, Makris N, Perlis RH, Kennedy DN, Dougherty DD, et al. Microstructural abnormalities in subcortical reward circuitry of subjects with major depressive disorder. PLoS ONE. 2010;5:e13945. source
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“dopaminergic neurons in the VTA fire in response to unpredicted reward and in anticipation of impending reward [20]”
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- Not checked yetcites [20] Schultz W. Reward prediction error. Curr Biol. 2017;27:R369–R371. source
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“rodents are exposed to a series of stressors such as cage tilting and disrupted lights for 8–12 weeks [10], after which animals show reduced sucrose preference.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Chronic unpredictable stress
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- Not checked yetcites [10] Willner P. The chronic mild stress (CMS) model of depression: history, evaluation and usage. Neurobiol Stress. 2017;6:78–93. source
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“Approximately 70% of mice that undergo CSDS are termed “stress-susceptible,” displaying a robust depression-like phenotype marked by reduced social interaction, increased anhedonia, and significant body-weight changes [13].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Social defeat stress
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- Not checked yetcites [13] Krishnan V, Han M-HH, Graham DL, Berton O, Renthal W, Russo SJ, et al. Molecular adaptations underlying susceptibility and resistance to social defeat in brain reward regions. Cell. 2007;131:391–404. source
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“inhibiting VTA dopamine neurons that project to the NAc induces resilience but inhibiting VTA dopamine projections to medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) promotes CSDS susceptibility [23].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [23] Chaudhury D, Walsh JJ, Friedman AK, Juarez B, Ku SM, Koo JW, et al. Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons. Nature. 2013;493:532–6. source
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“Increased Ih currents occur specifically in NAc, but not mPFC projecting VTA dopamine neurons [30]”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [30] Friedman AK, Walsh JJ, Juarez B, Ku SM, Chaudhury D, Wang J, et al. Enhancing depression mechanisms in midbrain dopamine neurons achieves homeostatic resilience. Science. 2014;344:313–9. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249240 . source
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“Ih and intrinsic excitability are upregulated in CSDS-susceptible mice [30], but somewhat paradoxically, Ih is upregulated to a greater extent in resilient mice.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [30] Friedman AK, Walsh JJ, Juarez B, Ku SM, Chaudhury D, Wang J, et al. Enhancing depression mechanisms in midbrain dopamine neurons achieves homeostatic resilience. Science. 2014;344:313–9. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249240 . source
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“KCNQ channel Kv7.4 is an attractive target in depression, as this subtype is more selectively expressed in VTA (not substantia nigra) dopamine neurons and Kv7.4 currents are reduced in susceptible mice [27].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [27] Li L, Sun H, Ding J, Niu C, Su M, Zhang L, et al. Selective targeting of M-type potassium Kv 7.4 channels demonstrates their key role in the regulation of dopaminergic neuronal excitability and depression-like behaviour. Br J Pharmacol. 2017;174:4277–94. source
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“KCNQ overexpression or administration of KCNQ-openers rescues depressive behavior [25, 27] by reducing firing of NAc projecting, but not PFC projecting VTA dopamine neurons [25].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [25] Friedman AK, Juarez B, Ku SM, Zhang H, Calizo RC, Walsh JJ, et al. KCNQ channel openers reverse depressive symptoms via an active resilience mechanism. Nat Commun. 2016;7:11671. source
- Not checked yetcites [27] Li L, Sun H, Ding J, Niu C, Su M, Zhang L, et al. Selective targeting of M-type potassium Kv 7.4 channels demonstrates their key role in the regulation of dopaminergic neuronal excitability and depression-like behaviour. Br J Pharmacol. 2017;174:4277–94. source
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“Ih potentiation with repeated lamotrigine increases K+ currents and decreases neuronal excitability in previously susceptible mice to reverse social and sucrose preference deficits [25].”
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- Not checked yetcites [25] Friedman AK, Juarez B, Ku SM, Zhang H, Calizo RC, Walsh JJ, et al. KCNQ channel openers reverse depressive symptoms via an active resilience mechanism. Nat Commun. 2016;7:11671. source
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“Sucrose preference deficits, social avoidance, and VTA excitability are reduced by opening Kv7.4 channels with fasudil [27]”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [27] Li L, Sun H, Ding J, Niu C, Su M, Zhang L, et al. Selective targeting of M-type potassium Kv 7.4 channels demonstrates their key role in the regulation of dopaminergic neuronal excitability and depression-like behaviour. Br J Pharmacol. 2017;174:4277–94. source
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“chronic stress increases extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) activity in the VTA and inhibiting VTA ERK2 rescues CSDS-susceptibility and reduces forced-swim and tail-suspension immobility by reducing dopamine neuron excitability [47].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [47] Iñiguez SD, Vialou V, Warren BL, Cao J-L, Alcantara LF, Davis LC, et al. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase-2 within the ventral tegmental area regulates responses to stress. J Neurosci. 2010;30:7652–63. source
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“Rats exposed to chronic mild stress have fewer spontaneously active dopamine neurons [52, 53], an effect more pronounced in females [53].”
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- Not checked yetcites [52] Moreines JL, Owrutsky ZL, Gagnon KG, Grace AA. Divergent effects of acute and repeated quetiapine treatment on dopamine neuron activity in normal vs. chronic mild stress induced hypodopaminergic states. Transl Psychiatry. 2017;7:1275. source
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“VTA firing is also reduced in mice exposed to CUS and optogenetic stimulation in this context reverses, instead of promotes, stress-induced behavioral deficits [54].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [54] Tye KM, Mirzabekov JJ, Warden MR, Ferenczi EA, Tsai H-C, Finkelstein J, et al. Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour. Nature. 2013;493:537–41. source
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“long-term activation of PPARα decreases β2-nAChR phosphorylation, increases dopamine neuron bursting, and rescues sucrose self-administration after stress [59].”
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- Not checked yetcites [59] Scheggi S, Melis M, De Felice M, Aroni S, Muntoni AL, Pelliccia T, et al. PPARα modulation of mesolimbic dopamine transmission rescues depression-related behaviors. Neuropharmacology. 2016;110:251–9. source
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“Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) signaling increases β2-nAChR phosphorylation, which subsequently decreases VTA dopamine neuron firing [58].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Ventral tegmental area
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- Not checked yetcites [58] Melis M, Carta S, Fattore L, Tolu S, Yasar S, Goldberg SR, et al. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors-alpha modulate dopamine cell activity through nicotinic receptors. Biol Psychiatry. 2010;68:256–64. source
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“β-Cat regulates Dicer1, a microRNA regulator that, in turn, modulates other known pro-susceptibility genes such as Arc and Npas4 [127].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [127] Dias C, Feng J, Sun H, Shao NY, Mazei-Robison MS, Damez-Werno D, et al. β-catenin mediates stress resilience through Dicer1/microRNA regulation. Nature. 2014;516:51–5. source
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“FNDC5 induces thermogenesis and elevates mitochondrial gene expression [131], and resilient mice have increased NAc metabolism [132].”
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- Not checked yetcites [131] Boström P, Wu J, Jedrychowski MP, Korde A, Ye L, Lo JC, et al. A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis. Nature. 2012;481:463–8. source
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“In both male and female mice, NAc ERα overexpression increases sucrose preference and promotes CSDS-resilience in males [133].”
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- Not checked yetcites [133] Lorsch ZS, Loh Y-HE, Purushothaman I, Walker DM, Parise EM, Salery M, et al. Estrogen receptor α drives pro-resilient transcription in mouse models of depression. Nat Commun. 2018;9:1116. source
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“Egr3 is upregulated specifically in D1-MSNs of susceptible mice and its knockdown can prevent altered synaptic activity and stress susceptibility [88].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [88] Francis TC, Chandra R, Gaynor A, Konkalmatt P, Metzbower SR, Evans B, et al. Molecular basis of dendritic atrophy and activity in stress susceptibility. Mol Psychiatry. 2017;22:1512–9. source
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“Social defeat increases NAc PGC1α and its downstream myokine FNDC5, and FNDC5 is upregulated more in resilient mice [130].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [130] Zhan G, Huang N, Li S, Hua D, Zhang J, Fang X, et al. PGC-1α–FNDC5–BDNF signaling pathway in skeletal muscle confers resilience to stress in mice subjected to chronic social defeat. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018;235:3351–8. source
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“RhoA is transcriptionally regulated by Egr3 [88] and in stress-naive mice, increased RhoA in D1-MSNs decreases sucrose preference in males, grooming behavior in females, and forced-swim immobility.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [138] Fox ME, Chandra R, Menken MS, Larkin EJ, Nam H, Engeln M, et al. Dendritic remodeling of D1 neurons by RhoA/Rho-kinase mediates depression-like behavior. Mol Psychiatry. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-018-0211-5 . [Epub ahead of print]. source
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“Intra-NAc HDAC inhibition reverses social avoidance induced by CSDS, likely caused by increased Rac1 expression [141].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [141] Golden SA, Christoffel DJ, Heshmati M, Hodes GE, Magida J, Davis K, et al. Epigenetic regulation of RAC1 induces synaptic remodeling in stress disorders and depression. Nat Med. 2013;19:337–44. source
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“Repressive histone modifications are both up-and downregulated after social defeat stress, and these changes are linked to genes with known roles in CSDS-susceptibility.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [140] Covington HE, Maze I, Sun H, Bomze HM, DeMaio KD, Wu EY, et al. A role for repressive histone methylation in cocaine-Iinduced vulnerability to stress. Neuron. 2011;71:656–70. source
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“Subchronic stress also upregulates NAc Dnmt3a, but to a greater extent in stressed females.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [144] Hodes GE, Pfau ML, Purushothaman I, Ahn HF, Golden SA, Christoffel DJ, et al. Sex differences in nucleus accumbens transcriptome profiles associated with susceptibility versus resilience to subchronic variable stress. J Neurosci. 2015;35:16362–76. source
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“G9a overexpression promotes resilience, thought to occur by normalization of TrkB-CREB signaling [140].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [140] Covington HE, Maze I, Sun H, Bomze HM, DeMaio KD, Wu EY, et al. A role for repressive histone methylation in cocaine-Iinduced vulnerability to stress. Neuron. 2011;71:656–70. source
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“Expression of activity-dependent histone variant H3.3 (H3f3b) is increased in the NAc in postmortem MDD tissue, after early life stress, and in CSDS-susceptible mice, an effect prevented in mice by environmental enrichment [146].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [146] Lepack AE, Bagot RC, Peña CJ, Loh Y-HE, Farrelly LA, Lu Y, et al. Aberrant H3.3 dynamics in NAc promote vulnerability to depressive-like behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016;113:12562–7. source
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“Pro-susceptibility Dnmt3a overexpression [143] or constitutively active IκB kinase (IKK) [156, 157] both increase MSN spine density.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [143] LaPlant Q, Vialou V, Covington HE, Dumitriu D, Feng J, Warren BL, et al. Dnmt3a regulates emotional behavior and spine plasticity in the nucleus accumbens. Nat Neurosci. 2010;13:1137–43. source
- Not checked yetcites [156] Christoffel DJ, Golden SA, Dumitriu D, Robison AJ, Janssen WG, Ahn HF, et al. IκB kinase regulates social defeat stress-induced synaptic and behavioral plasticity. J Neurosci. 2011;31:314–21. source
- Not checked yetcites [157] Christoffel DJ, Golden SA, Heshmati M, Graham A, Birnbaum S, Neve RL, et al. Effects of inhibitor of κB kinase activity in the nucleus accumbens on emotional behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012;37:2615–23. source
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“Histone acetylation on the Fosb promotor drives resilience in D1-MSNs, but susceptibility in D2-MSNs [124].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [124] Hamilton PJ, Burek DJ, Lombroso SI, Neve RL, Robison AJ, Nestler EJ, et al. Cell-type-specific epigenetic editing at the Fosb gene controls susceptibility to social defeat stress. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018;43:272–84. source
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“In contrast, CUS increases dendritic length of NAc core MSNs, which is reversed by imipramine or fluoxetine treatment [154].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [154] Bessa JM, Morais M, Marques F, Pinto L, Palha JA, Almeida OFX, et al. Stress-induced anhedonia is associated with hypertrophy of medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens. Transl Psychiatry. 2013;3:e266–e266. source
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“Reduced dendritic complexity largely agrees with changes in other brain regions [151, 152] and is associated with reduced excitatory input but increased intrinsic excitability [88, 89], which may reflect homeostatic self-tuning [153].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [88] Francis TC, Chandra R, Gaynor A, Konkalmatt P, Metzbower SR, Evans B, et al. Molecular basis of dendritic atrophy and activity in stress susceptibility. Mol Psychiatry. 2017;22:1512–9. source
- Not checked yetcites [89] Francis TC, Gaynor A, Chandra R, Fox ME, Lobo MK. The selective RhoA inhibitor Rhosin promotes stress resiliency through enhancing D1-MSN plasticity and reducing hyperexcitability. Biol Psychiatry. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.02.007 . source
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“CSDS-susceptible mice upregulate cytokines IL-1β and CXCL1, and have more circulating leukocytes [175].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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- Not checked yetcites [175] Hodes GE, Pfau ML, Leboeuf M, Golden SA, Christoffel DJ, Bregman D, et al. Individual differences in the peripheral immune system promote resilience versus susceptibility to social stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014;111:16136–41. source
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“Mice lacking p11 [162], p11 reductions in NAc [163], or p11 knockout in NAc ChIs [158] is sufficient to reduce sucrose preference and increase forced-swim immobility (Fig. 2, top).”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [162] Svenningsson P, Chergui K, Rachleff I, Flajolet M, Zhang X, El Yacoubi M, et al. Alterations in 5-HT1B receptor function by p11 in depression-like states. Science. 2006;311:77–80. source
- Not checked yetcites [163] Alexander B, Warner-Schmidt J, Eriksson T, Tamminga C, Arango-Llievano M, Ghose S, et al. Reversal of depressed behaviors in mice by p11 gene therapy in the nucleus accumbens. Sci Transl Med. 2010;2:54ra76–54ra76. source
- Not checked yetcites [158] Warner-Schmidt JL, Schmidt EF, Marshall JJ, Rubin AJ, Arango-Lievano M, Kaplitt MG, et al. Cholinergic interneurons in the nucleus accumbens regulate depression-like behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012;109:11360–5. source
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“Silencing NAc cholinergic interneurons (ChIs) results in anhedonia and increases immobility in the forced-swim and tail-suspension tests [158].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Nucleus accumbens
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- Not checked yetcites [158] Warner-Schmidt JL, Schmidt EF, Marshall JJ, Rubin AJ, Arango-Lievano M, Kaplitt MG, et al. Cholinergic interneurons in the nucleus accumbens regulate depression-like behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012;109:11360–5. source
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“IL-6 drives production of inflammatory T-helper 17 (Th17) cells, which promote learned helplessness and social avoidance, and mice unable to produce Th17 are resilient to learned helplessness [178].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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- Not checked yetcites [178] Beurel E, Harrington LE, Jope RS. Inflammatory T helper 17 cells promote depression-like behavior in mice. Biol Psychiatry. 2013;73:622–30. source
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“At least 40% of cells in the rodent [171] and human [172] brain are non-neuronal, but how non-neuronal cells interact with reward circuitry in MDD is unknown.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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- Not checked yetcites [171] Herculano-Houzel S, Lent R. Isotropic fractionator: a simple, rapid method for the quantification of total cell and neuron numbers in the brain. J Neurosci. 2005;25:2518–21. source
- Not checked yetcites [172] von Bartheld CS, Bahney J, Herculano-Houzel S. The search for true numbers of neurons and glial cells in the human brain: a review of 150 years of cell counting. J Comp Neurol. 2016;524:3865–95. source
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“Microglia found in healthy reward circuitry are incredibly diverse [196] and more work is needed to profile their function in pathologic states.”
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- Not checked yetcites [196] De Biase LM, Schuebel KE, Fusfeld ZH, Jair K, Hawes IA, Cimbro R, et al. Local cues establish and maintain region-specific phenotypes of basal ganglia microglia. Neuron. 2017;95:341–.e6. source
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“Microglia in CUS mice have enhanced colony stimulating factor 1 receptor expression and enhanced phagocytotic activity, paralleled by CSF1 elevations in postmortem MDD tissue [185].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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- Not checked yetcites [185] Wohleb ES, Terwilliger R, Duman CH, Duman RS. Stress-induced neuronal colony stimulating factor 1 provokes microglia-mediated neuronal remodeling and depressive-like behavior. Biol Psychiatry. 2018;83:38–49. source
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“Bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract directly influence neural activity through sensory neurons, or by modulating the function of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (reviewed in ref. [197]).”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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- Not checked yetcites [197] Foster JA, McVey Neufeld K-A. Gut–brain axis: how the microbiome influences anxiety and depression. Trends Neurosci. 2013;36:305–12. source
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“In the absence of stress, constitutively active IKK increases thin spine density, increases forced-swim immobility, and decreases sucrose preference after acute stress [156, 157].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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- Not checked yetcites [156] Christoffel DJ, Golden SA, Dumitriu D, Robison AJ, Janssen WG, Ahn HF, et al. IκB kinase regulates social defeat stress-induced synaptic and behavioral plasticity. J Neurosci. 2011;31:314–21. source
- Not checked yetcites [157] Christoffel DJ, Golden SA, Heshmati M, Graham A, Birnbaum S, Neve RL, et al. Effects of inhibitor of κB kinase activity in the nucleus accumbens on emotional behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012;37:2615–23. source
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“CSDS increases IKK and NF-κB, along with the number of immature dendritic spines in the NAc of susceptible mice [156, 157].”
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- Not checked yetcites [156] Christoffel DJ, Golden SA, Dumitriu D, Robison AJ, Janssen WG, Ahn HF, et al. IκB kinase regulates social defeat stress-induced synaptic and behavioral plasticity. J Neurosci. 2011;31:314–21. source
- Not checked yetcites [157] Christoffel DJ, Golden SA, Heshmati M, Graham A, Birnbaum S, Neve RL, et al. Effects of inhibitor of κB kinase activity in the nucleus accumbens on emotional behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012;37:2615–23. source
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“When lymphocytes from socially defeated mice are transplanted into Rag2−/− lymphopoenic mice, recipient mice exhibit more social interaction and less tail-suspension immobility [193].”
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- Not checked yetcites [193] Brachman RA, Lehmann ML, Maric D, Herkenham M. Lymphocytes from chronically stressed mice confer antidepressant-like effects to naive mice. J Neurosci. 2015;35:1530–8. source
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“Mice that lack microglial autophagy-related protein 7 exhibit impaired social interaction and increased immature synapses [194].”
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- Not checked yetcites [194] Kim H-J, Cho M-H, Shim WH, Kim JK, Jeon E-Y, Kim D-H, et al. Deficient autophagy in microglia impairs synaptic pruning and causes social behavioral defects. Mol Psychiatry. 2017;22:1576–84. source
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“Microglia from socially defeated mice have an increased inflammatory profile and produce more IL-6 after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation [191], similar to enhanced IL-6 release from the peripheral leukocytes of stressed mice [175].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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“Ccl2 reduction with short hairpin RNA restores sucrose preference and increases swimming in the forced-swim test [192].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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- Not checked yetcites [192] Wu X-B, Jing P-B, Zhang Z-J, Cao D-L, Gao M-H, Jiang B-C, et al. Chemokine receptor CCR2 contributes to neuropathic pain and the associated depression via increasing NR2B-mediated currents in both D1 and D2 dopamine receptor-containing medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018;43:2320–30. source
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“Viral knockdown of neuronal Csf1 attenuates dendritic spine pruning on mPFC neurons and prevents stress-induced anhedonia and forced-swim immobility [185].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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“Similarly, although we know changes to NAc D1-and D2-MSN function are bidirectional, most of this work was done solely in male rodents.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Concluding remarks
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“Mice with reduced glutamate transporter GLT-1 expression in habenular astrocytes are more stress-susceptible and exhibit increased tail-suspension immobility at baseline [200], in agreement with reduced glutamate transporter expression in learned helpless rats [201].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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“The gut microbiome controls gut permeability and inflammation, and may thus participate in the neuroimmune mechanisms of depression [197].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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“These studies have revealed important adaptations in both dopaminergic and glutamatergic function within the VTA and NAc, and notably these adaptations can differ in directionality based on cell type or stress paradigm.”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Concluding remarks
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“Recent work indicates gut microbiota can also influence neural metabolism [198].”
§ The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression: a focus on reward circuitry > Introduction > Non-neuronal cell types in reward circuitry
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Altered reward circuit function underlies the loss of pleasure and amotivational syndrome experienced by most major depressive disorder patients.
“Altered reward circuit function is theorized to underlie the loss of pleasure and amotivational syndrome experienced by most MDD patients”
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Preclinical rodent models are useful for identifying cell-type-specific mechanisms that are otherwise inaccessible in human studies.
“Preclinical rodent models for studying depression have been useful for identifying the cell-type-specific mechanisms that are otherwise inaccessible in human studies.”
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Rats and mice do not likely experience the complex cognitive aspects of clinical depression.
“Although rats and mice do not likely experience the complex cognitive aspects of clinical depression”
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Rodents, similar to humans, want to work for rewards such as food, sex, and social interaction.
“rodents, similar to humans, want to work for rewards such as food, sex, and social interaction.”
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The stressful experiences that precipitate major depressive disorder likely represent a combination of physical and psychosocial stressors.
“the stressful experiences that precipitate MDD likely represent a combination thereof.”
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Postmortem MDD brain tissue gene expression changes reflect antemortem MDD pathophysiology.
“Much of the validation of the molecular changes found in rodents relies on tissue collected from postmortem MDD brains.”
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Rodent chronic stress models such as CSDS and CUS produce depressive-like states relevant to human MDD.
“Together, these studies provide insight into how stress exposure alters NAc MSN physiology to elicit depressive behavior.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fox, M. E., & Lobo, M. K.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lobo, Mary Kay
- Venue
- Molecular Psychiatry
- Published
- 2019-04-09
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1798-1815
- ISSN
- 1359-4184 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5578
- PMC
- PMC6785351
- OpenAlex
- W2937907669
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 209
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 3.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Molecular Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH106500, F32 MH116574)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA038613, R01DA047843)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- depression, reward systems, anhedonia, social withdrawal, neurovegetative symptoms, weight loss, neurophysiological mechanisms, rodent models of depression
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Motivation, Reward, Social Behavior, Weight Loss, Anhedonia
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