The GABAergic deficit hypothesis of major depressive disorder

B Luscher, Q Shen, N Sahir - Molecular psychiatry, 2011 - nature.com
Increasing evidence points to an association between major depressive disorders (MDDs)
and diverse types of GABAergic deficits. In this review, we summarize clinical and preclinical …

Brain mechanisms of HPA axis regulation: neurocircuitry and feedback in context Richard Kvetnansky lecture

JP Herman, N Nawreen, MA Smail, EM Cotella - Stress, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Regulation of stress reactivity is a fundamental priority of all organisms. Stress responses
are critical for survival, yet can also cause physical and psychological damage. This review …

Chronic stress alters the density and morphology of microglia in a subset of stress-responsive brain regions

RJ Tynan, S Naicker, M Hinwood, E Nalivaiko… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The current study, in parallel experiments, evaluated the impact of chronic psychological
stress on physiological and behavioural measures, and on the activation status of microglia …

Alcohol, stress, and glucocorticoids: From risk to dependence and relapse in alcohol use disorders

SK Blaine, R Sinha - Neuropharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
In this review, we detail the clinical evidence supporting the role of psychological and
physiological stress in instrumental motivation for alcohol consumption during the …

Functional neuroanatomy of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus: its roles in the regulation of arousal and autonomic function part II: physiological and pharmacological …

ER Samuels, E Szabadi - Current neuropharmacology, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The locus coeruleus (LC), the major noradrenergic nucleus of the brain, gives rise to fibres
innervating most structures of the neuraxis. Recent advances in neuroscience have helped …

Stress-induced prefrontal reorganization and executive dysfunction in rodents

A Holmes, CL Wellman - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) mediates a range of higher order 'executive functions' that
subserve the selection and processing of information in such a way that behavior can be …

Neuroanatomical substrates of rodent social behavior: the medial prefrontal cortex and its projection patterns

J Ko - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Social behavior encompasses a number of distinctive and complex constructs that form the
core elements of human imitative culture, mainly represented as either affiliative or …

Regional differentiation of the medial prefrontal cortex in regulating adaptive responses to acute emotional stress

JJ Radley, CM Arias, PE Sawchenko - Journal of Neuroscience, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is an important neural substrate for integrating
cognitive-affective information and regulating the hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis …

Endocannabinoid signaling, glucocorticoid-mediated negative feedback, and regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

MN Hill, JG Tasker - Neuroscience, 2012 - Elsevier
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis regulates the outflow of glucocorticoid
hormones under basal conditions and in response to stress. Within the last decade, a large …

Recruitment of prefrontal cortical endocannabinoid signaling by glucocorticoids contributes to termination of the stress response

MN Hill, RJ McLaughlin, B Pan… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
The mechanisms subserving the ability of glucocorticoid signaling within the medial
prefrontal cortex (mPFC) to terminate stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary …