Altered connectivity in depression: GABA and glutamate neurotransmitter deficits and reversal by novel treatments

RS Duman, G Sanacora, JH Krystal - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology and treatment of depression and stress-
related disorders remain unclear, but studies in depressed patients and rodent models are …

Development and functional diversification of cortical interneurons

L Lim, D Mi, A Llorca, O Marín - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
In the cerebral cortex, GABAergic interneurons have evolved as a highly heterogeneous
collection of cell types that are characterized by their unique spatial and temporal …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated morphoelectric and transcriptomic classification of cortical GABAergic cells

NW Gouwens, SA Sorensen, F Baftizadeh, A Budzillo… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neurons are frequently classified into distinct types on the basis of structural, physiological,
or genetic attributes. To better constrain the definition of neuronal cell types, we …

Local connectivity and synaptic dynamics in mouse and human neocortex

L Campagnola, SC Seeman, T Chartrand, L Kim… - Science, 2022 - science.org
We present a unique, extensive, and open synaptic physiology analysis platform and
dataset. Through its application, we reveal principles that relate cell type to synaptic …

GABAergic interneurons in the neocortex: from cellular properties to circuits

R Tremblay, S Lee, B Rudy - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Cortical networks are composed of glutamatergic excitatory projection neurons and local
GABAergic inhibitory interneurons that gate signal flow and sculpt network dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular anatomy of the mouse primary motor cortex

R Muñoz-Castañeda, B Zingg, KS Matho, X Chen… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
An essential step toward understanding brain function is to establish a structural framework
with cellular resolution on which multi-scale datasets spanning molecules, cells, circuits and …

GABA interneurons are the cellular trigger for ketamine's rapid antidepressant actions

DM Gerhard, S Pothula, RJ Liu, M Wu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
A single subanesthetic dose of ketamine, an NMDA receptor (NMDAR) antagonist, produces
rapid and sustained antidepressant actions in depressed patients, addressing a major …

Adult mouse cortical cell taxonomy revealed by single cell transcriptomics

B Tasic, V Menon, TN Nguyen, TK Kim, T Jarsky… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Nervous systems are composed of various cell types, but the extent of cell type diversity is
poorly understood. We constructed a cellular taxonomy of one cortical region, primary visual …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstruction and simulation of neocortical microcircuitry

H Markram, E Muller, S Ramaswamy, MW Reimann… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
We present a first-draft digital reconstruction of the microcircuitry of somatosensory cortex of
juvenile rat. The reconstruction uses cellular and synaptic organizing principles to …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical GABAergic dysfunction in stress and depression: new insights for therapeutic interventions

MV Fogaça, RS Duman - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating illness characterized by neuroanatomical
and functional alterations in limbic structures, notably the prefrontal cortex (PFC), that can be …