[HTML][HTML] Antidepressant drugs act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors

PC Casarotto, M Girych, SM Fred, V Kovaleva… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
It is unclear how binding of antidepressant drugs to their targets gives rise to the clinical
antidepressant effect. We discovered that the transmembrane domain of tyrosine kinase …

Activation of the TrkB neurotrophin receptor is induced by antidepressant drugs and is required for antidepressant-induced behavioral effects

T Saarelainen, P Hendolin, G Lucas… - Journal of …, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent studies have indicated that exogenously administered neurotrophins produce
antidepressant-like behavioral effects. We have here investigated the role of endogenous …

Antidepressant drugs transactivate TrkB neurotrophin receptors in the adult rodent brain independently of BDNF and monoamine transporter blockade

T Rantamäki, L Vesa, H Antila, A Di Lieto, P Tammela… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Antidepressant drugs (ADs) have been shown to activate BDNF (brain-derived
neurotrophic factor) receptor TrkB in the rodent brain but the mechanism underlying this …

Pharmacologically diverse antidepressants rapidly activate brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor TrkB and induce phospholipase-Cγ signaling pathways in …

T Rantamäki, P Hendolin, A Kankaanpää… - …, 2007 - nature.com
Previous studies suggest that brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor TrkB are
critically involved in the therapeutic actions of antidepressant drugs. We have previously …

BDNF receptor TrkB as the mediator of the antidepressant drug action

P Casarotto, J Umemori, E Castrén - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling through its receptor TrkB has for a long
time been recognized as a critical mediator of the antidepressant drug action, but BDNF …

Enhanced BDNF signaling is associated with an antidepressant-like behavioral response and changes in brain monoamines.

E Koponen, T Rantamäki, V Voikar… - Cellular and …, 2005 - europepmc.org
1. Neurotrophins and serotonin have both been implicated in the pathophysiology of
depression and in the mechanisms of antidepressant treatments. 2. Brain-derived …

Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB

R Moliner, M Girych, CA Brunello, V Kovaleva… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Psychedelics produce fast and persistent antidepressant effects and induce neuroplasticity
resembling the effects of clinically approved antidepressants. We recently reported that …

Neuronal plasticity and neurotrophic factors in drug responses

E Castrén, H Antila - Molecular psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
Neurotrophic factors, particularly brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and other
members of the neurotrophin family, are central mediators of the activity-dependent plasticity …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in depression and antidepressant action

E Castrén, LM Monteggia - Biological psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Neurotrophic factors, particularly BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), have been
associated with depression and antidepressant drug action. A variety of preclinical and …

Forebrain-specific trkB-receptor knockout mice: behaviorally more hyperactive than “depressive”

B Zörner, DP Wolfer, D Brandis, O Kretz, C Zacher… - Biological …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: According to the neurotrophin hypothesis of depression, decreased activity
of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) contributes to behavioral and plasticity-related …