Diverse therapeutic developments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) indicate common mechanisms of memory modulation

SB Raut, PA Marathe, L van Eijk, R Eri… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), characterized by abnormally persistent and
distressing memories, is a chronic debilitating condition in need of new treatment options …

Identification of a stress-responsive subregion of the basolateral amygdala in male rats

RJ Aukema, GN Petrie, AK Matarasso… - …, 2024 - nature.com
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) is reliably activated by psychological stress and
hyperactive in conditions of pathological stress or trauma; however, subsets of BLA neurons …

Elevated corticosterone after fear learning impairs remote auditory memory retrieval and alters brain network connectivity

N Brosens, SL Lesuis, I Bassie, L Reyes… - Learning & …, 2023 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Glucocorticoids are potent memory modulators that can modify behavior in an adaptive or
maladaptive manner. Elevated glucocorticoid levels after learning promote memory …

Sucrose consumption alters serotonin/glutamate co-localisation within the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of mice

K Beecher, J Wang, A Jacques, N Chaaya… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The overconsumption of sugar-sweetened food and beverages underpins the current rise in
obesity rates. Sugar overconsumption induces maladaptive neuroplasticity to decrease …

The clinically relevant MEK inhibitor mirdametinib combined with D-cycloserine and prediction error disrupts fear memory in PTSD models

SB Raut, F Joly, NK Haass, R Eri, JJ Canales… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
This study establishes mirdametinib as the first MEK inhibitor that can undergo clinical
development for psychiatric indications such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD …

[HTML][HTML] αCaMKII in the lateral amygdala mediates PTSD-Like behaviors and NMDAR-Dependent LTD

S An, J Wang, X Zhang, Y Duan, Y Xu, J Lv… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that afflicts many individuals.
However, its molecular and cellular mechanisms remain largely unexplored. Here, we found …

[HTML][HTML] La hipótesis del marcador somático y la neurobiología de las decisiones

F Morandín-Ahuerma - Escritos de Psicología (internet), 2019 - SciELO Espana
La hipótesis del marcador somático (SMH) ha sido una de las teorías más influyentes en las
neurociencias desde principios de los años 90s en que fue formulada por Antonio Damasio …

Hypobaric hypoxia induced fear and extinction memory impairment and effect of Ginkgo biloba in its amelioration: Behavioral, neurochemical and molecular correlates

P Kumari, M Wadhwa, G Chauhan, S Alam… - Behavioural Brain …, 2020 - Elsevier
Regulated fear and extinction memory is essential for balanced behavioral response. Limbic
brain regions are susceptible to hypobaric hypoxia (HH) and are putative target for fear …

Contextual fear memory maintenance changes expression of pMAPK, BDNF and IBA-1 in the pre-limbic cortex in a layer-specific manner

N Chaaya, J Wang, A Jacques, K Beecher… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating and chronic fear-based disorder.
Pavlovian fear conditioning protocols have long been utilised to manipulate and study these …

Odor modulates the temporal dynamics of fear memory consolidation

SL Grella, AH Fortin, O McKissick, H Leblanc… - Learning & …, 2020 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Systems consolidation (SC) theory proposes that recent, contextually rich memories are
stored in the hippocampus (HPC). As these memories become remote, they are believed to …