Estrous cycle mediates midbrain neuron excitability altering social behavior upon stress

MR Shanley, Y Miura, CA Guevara… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The estrous cycle is a potent modulator of neuron physiology. In rodents, in vivo ventral
tegmental area (VTA) dopamine (DA) activity has been shown to fluctuate across the estrous …

Transcriptional profiling of rat prefrontal cortex after acute inescapable footshock stress

P Martini, J Mingardi, G Carini, S Mattevi, E Ndoj… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stress is a primary risk factor for psychiatric disorders such as Major Depressive Disorder
(MDD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The response to stress involves the …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-specific adaptations to VTA circuits following subchronic stress

C Bouarab, M Wynalda, BV Thompson, A Khurana… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dysregulation of the mesolimbic reward circuitry is implicated in the pathophysiology of
stress-related illnesses such as depression and anxiety. These disorders are more …

Salience signaling and stimulus scaling of ventral tegmental area glutamate neuron subtypes

DJ McGovern, A Phillips, A Ly, ED Prévost, L Ward… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Ventral tegmental area (VTA) glutamatergic neurons participate in reward, aversion, drug-
seeking, and stress. Subsets of VTA VGluT2+ neurons are capable of co-transmitting …

Role for Midbrain Glutamatergic and Epithalamic Circuitry in Stress Induced Behavioral Changes and Motivation

DJ McGovern - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) is an evolutionarily conserved midbrain region
that is critical for reinforcement learning and motivated behavior. The cellular heterogeneity …

THE INFLUENCE OF ADOLESCENT ANOREXIA NERVOSA SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ON ANXIETY IN YOUNG ADULT FEMALE RATS AND FEMALE UNIVERSITY …

MD Karth - 2023 - hammer.purdue.edu
Activity-based anorexia (ABA) is a rodent model of anorexia nervosa (AN) that induces
several key components of AN, including voluntary reduction in food intake, reduced body …