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Glial loss in the prefrontal cortex is sufficient to induce depressive-like behaviors.
Banasr, Mounira; Duman, Ronald S.
Afiliação
  • Banasr M; Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Center for Genes and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06508, USA
Biol Psychiatry ; 64(10): 863-70, 2008 Nov 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18639237
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Postmortem studies have repeatedly found decreased density and number of glia in cortical regions, including the prefrontal and cingulate areas, from depressed patients. However, it is unclear whether this glial loss plays a direct role in the expression of depressive symptoms.

METHODS:

To address this question, we characterized the effects of pharmacologic glial ablation in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of adult rats on behavioral tests known to be affected by stress or antidepressant treatments sucrose preference test (SPT), novelty suppressed feeding test (NSFT), forced swim test (FST), and two-way active avoidance test (AAT). We established the dose and time course for the actions of an astrocyte specific toxin, L-alpha-aminoadipic acid (L-AAA), and compared the behavioral effects of this gliotoxin with the effects of an excitotoxic (ibotenate) lesion and to the effects of chronic stress.

RESULTS:

The results demonstrate that L-AAA infusions induced anhedonia in SPT, anxiety in NSFT, and helplessness in FST and AAT. These effects of L-AAA were similar to chronic unpredictable stress (CUS)-induced depressive-like behaviors in these tests. However, ibotenate-induced neurotoxic lesion of the PFC had no effect in these behavioral tests.

CONCLUSIONS:

The results demonstrate that glial ablation in the PFC is sufficient to induce depressive-like behaviors similar to chronic stress and support the hypothesis that loss of glia contributes to the core symptoms of depression.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neuroglia / Córtex Pré-Frontal / Depressão Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Biol Psychiatry Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neuroglia / Córtex Pré-Frontal / Depressão Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Biol Psychiatry Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos