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Fear erasure in mice requires synergy between antidepressant drugs and extinction training

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Karpova, Nina N., Pickenhagen, Anouchka, Lindholm, Jesse, Tiraboschi, Ettore, Kulesskaya, Natalia, Ágústsdóttir, Arna, Antila, Hanna, Popova, Dina +5 more·2011·Science

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Long-term loss of fearful memories can be achieved through a combination of antidepressant drugs and exposure therapy.

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  • Results from animal and human subjects suggest enhancement of neuronal plasticity as a result of elevated 5-HT levels after treatment with SSRIs.

    “Moreover, results from animal (Karpova et al., 2011;Piubelli et al., 2011;Vetencourt et al., 2008;Vetencourt et al., 2011) and human subjects (Boldrini et al., 2013;Kraus et al., 2014;Nitsche et al., 2009;Serra-Millas et al., 2011) suggest enhancement of neuronal plasticity as a result of elevated 5-HT levels after treatment with SSRIs.”

    From Serotonin and neuroplasticity – Links between molecular, functional and structural pathophysiology in depression (2017) · cites this paper as Karpova et al., 2011

    The Abstract reports that fluoxetine increased synaptic plasticity in mice, and the passage on lateral-amygdala recordings reports greater potentiation after treatment. The paper does not show that elevated 5-HT levels caused that increase; it identifies local BDNF as part of the observed mechanism. This citation appears in the animal-subject group, so it is not being asked to support the sentence's human-subject component. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Typical antidepressants, with chronic treatment, produce a slow increase in neurotrophic factor expression and enhance synaptic plasticity.

    “In contrast to the effects of stress and depression, typical antidepressants, with chronic treatment, produce a slow increase in neurotrophic factor expression and enhance synaptic plasticity.”

    From Synaptic Dysfunction in Depression: Potential Therapeutic Targets (2012) · cites this paper as [42]

    The paper reports that chronic fluoxetine increased BDNF expression and enhanced synaptic plasticity in mice (passages labeled Abstract, page unavailable). It does not establish that the increase was slow or that these effects apply to typical antidepressants as a class. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Owing to animal experiments and optogenetics, the molecular and cellular mechanisms of fear conditioning in the amygdala are increasingly understood.

    “Owing to the availability of elegant animal experiments (Karpova et al., 2011) and experimental techniques such as optogenetics, the molecular and cellular mechanisms of fear conditioning in the amygdala, are increasingly understood (Johansen et al., 2011;Rodrigues et al., 2004).”
  • The effects of the traditional antidepressant fluoxetine on synaptic plasticity and fear extinction are dependent on BDNF.

    “the effects of the traditional antidepressant fluoxetine on synaptic plasticity and fear extinction have been shown to be dependent on BDNF (141, 142)”
  • Antidepressants reactivate early-life plasticity also in mood-relevant circuitry.

    “Importantly, antidepressants reactivate early-life plasticity also in mood-relevant circuitry (Autry et al., 2011;Karpova et al., 2011;Duman, 2018)”

    From Psychedelics and Neural Plasticity: Therapeutic Implications (2022) · cites this paper as Karpova et al., 2011

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Karpova, N. N., Pickenhagen, A., Lindholm, J., Tiraboschi, E., Kulesskaya, N., Ágústsdóttir, A., Antila, H., Popova, D., Akamine, Y., Sullivan, R., Hen, R., Drew, L. J., & Castrén, E.
Affiliations
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • NYU Langone Health (US)
  • Sigrid Jusélius Laboratory, Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
  • Columbia University (US)
Venue
Science
Published
2011-12-23
Volume
334
Issue
6063
Pages
1731-1734
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2036499082
Cited by
382
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
16.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC-009910, DC-003906, R01DC009910, R01DC003906)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
fear extinction, fear memory, fluoxetine, antidepressants, extinction training, synaptic plasticity, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, mood disorders
MeSH terms
Amygdala, Animals, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Combined Modality Therapy, Conditioning, Classical, Extinction, Psychological, Fear, Fluoxetine, Interneurons, Male, Memory, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nerve Net, Synaptic Transmission, Neuronal Plasticity, Neurons, Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Mice

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