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Regulation of adult neurogenesis and plasticity by (early) stress, glucocorticoids, and inflammation.

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Lucassen, Paul J., Oomen, Charlotte A., Naninck, Eva F.G., Fitzsimons, Carlos P., van Dam, Anne-Marie, Czeh, Boldizsár, Korosi, Aniko·2015·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

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Exposure to stress is one of the best-known negative regulators of adult neurogenesis (AN). We discuss changes in neurogenesis in relation to exposure to stress, glucocorticoid hormones, and inflammation, with a particular focus on early development and on lasting effects of stress. Although the effects of acute and mild stress on AN are generally brief and can be quickly overcome, chronic exposure or more severe forms of stress can induce longer lasting reductions in neurogenesis that can, however, in part, be overcome by subsequent exposure to exercise, drugs targeting the stress system, and some antidepressants. Exposure to stress, particularly during the sensitive period of early life, may (re)program brain plasticity, in particular, in the hippocampus. This may increase the risk to develop cognitive or anxiety symptoms, common to brain diseases like dementia and depression in which plasticity changes occur, and a normalization of neurogenesis may be required for a successful treatment response and recovery.

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  • Neurogenesis has been implicated in fear and anxiety and depression-like behavior.

    “While there is still debate as to the exact role that adult-born granule cells play in hippocampal functioning, the process of neurogenesis forms a substrate for experience-dependent change (Opendak and Gould, 2015; Lucassen and Oomen, 2016), which has been implicated in fear and anxiety and depression like-behavior (Sahay and Hen, 2007; Besnard and Sahay, 2015; Lucassen et al., 2015; Hu et al., 2”

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Authors
Lucassen, P. J., Oomen, C. A., Naninck, E. F. G., Fitzsimons, C. P., van Dam, A.-M., Czeh, B., & Korosi, A.
Affiliations
University of Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
Published
2015-09
Volume
7
Issue
9
Pages
a021303
ISSN
1943-0264 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1927086251
Cited by
166
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176
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
adult neurogenesis, stress, glucocorticoids, inflammation, neuroplasticity, hippocampus, early life stress, chronic stress, physical activity, antidepressants, anxiety, depression, dementia, sensitive period
MeSH terms
Animals, Glucocorticoids, Humans, Inflammation, Neuronal Plasticity, Stress, Physiological, Neurogenesis

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