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NMDA Receptor Blockade Alters Stress-Induced Dendritic Remodeling in Medial Prefrontal Cortex

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Martin, K. P., Wellman, C. L.·2011·Cerebral Cortex

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The development and relapse of many psychopathologies can be linked to both stress and prefrontal cortex dysfunction. Glucocorticoid stress hormones target medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and either chronic stress or chronic administration of glucocorticoids produces dendritic remodeling in prefrontal pyramidal neurons. Exposure to stress also causes an increase in the release of the excitatory amino acid glutamate, which binds to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, which are plentiful in mPFC. NMDA receptor activation is crucial for producing hippocampal dendritic remodeling due to stress and for dendritic reorganization in frontal cortex after cholinergic deafferentation. Thus, NMDA receptors could mediate stress-induced dendritic retraction in mPFC. To test this hypothesis, dendritic morphology of pyramidal cells in mPFC was assessed after blocking NMDA receptors with the competitive NMDA antagonist ±3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP) during restraint stress. Administration of CPP prevented stress-induced dendritic atrophy. Instead, CPP-injected stressed rats showed hypertrophy of apical dendrites compared with controls. These results suggest that NMDA activation is crucial for stress-induced dendritic atrophy in mPFC. Furthermore, NMDA receptor blockade uncovers a new pattern of stress-induced dendritic changes, suggesting that other neurohormonal changes in concert with NMDA receptor activation underlie the net dendritic retraction seen after chronic stress.

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Authors
Martin, K. P., & Wellman, C. L.
Affiliations
Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2011-03-07
Volume
21
Issue
10
Pages
2366-2373
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2165208650
Cited by
138
References
63
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FWCI
5.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R03MH087794)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
NMDA receptor blockade, dendritic remodeling, medial prefrontal cortex, chronic stress, restraint stress, dendritic atrophy, CPP, glucocorticoids, glutamate, pyramidal neurons, apical dendrites
MeSH terms
Animals, Dendrites, Male, Piperazines, Stress, Psychological, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Prefrontal Cortex, Pyramidal Cells, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Rats

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