Prefrontal interneurons: populations, pathways, and plasticity supporting typical and disordered cognition in rodent models

DA Kupferschmidt, KA Cummings, ME Joffe… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Prefrontal cortex (PFC) inhibitory microcircuits regulate the gain and timing of pyramidal
neuron firing, coordinate neural ensemble interactions, and gate local and long-range …

Shared mechanisms of GABAergic and opioidergic transmission regulate corticolimbic reward systems and cognitive aspects of motivational behaviors

O Hosseinzadeh Sahafi, M Sardari, S Alijanpour… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The functional interplay between the corticolimbic GABAergic and opioidergic systems plays
a crucial role in regulating the reward system and cognitive aspects of motivational …

Dynorphin/kappa-opioid receptor regulation of excitation-inhibition balance toggles afferent control of prefrontal cortical circuits in a pathway-specific manner

HE Yarur, SM Casello, VS Tsai, J Enriquez-Traba… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) controls behavior via connections with limbic excitatory
afferents that engage various inhibitory motifs to shape mPFC circuit function. The dynorphin …

Genome-wide meta-analyses of restless legs syndrome yield insights into genetic architecture, disease biology and risk prediction

B Schormair, C Zhao, S Bell, M Didriksen, MS Nawaz… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects up to 10% of older adults. Their healthcare is impeded
by delayed diagnosis and insufficient treatment. To advance disease prediction and find …

Opioid modulation of prefrontal cortex cells and circuits

RH Cole, K Moussawi, ME Joffe - Neuropharmacology, 2024 - Elsevier
Several neurochemical systems converge in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) to regulate cognitive
and motivated behaviors. A rich network of endogenous opioid peptides and receptors …

Neuropeptide inactivation regulates egg-laying behavior to influence reproductive health in Caenorhabditis elegans

JY Lo, KM Adam, JL Garrison - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Neural communication requires both fast-acting neurotransmitters and neuromodulators that
function on slower timescales to communicate. Endogenous bioactive peptides, often called" …

[HTML][HTML] Substance P, NPY, CCK and their receptors in five brain regions in major depressive disorder with transcriptomic analysis of locus coeruleus neurons

S Barde, J Aguila, W Zhong, A Solarz, I Mei… - European …, 2024 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious disease and a burden to patients, families and
society. Rodent experiments and human studies suggest that several neuropeptide systems …

Neuropeptide signaling is required to implement a line attractor encoding a persistent internal behavioral state

G Mountoufaris, A Nair, B Yang, DW Kim, DJ Anderson - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Internal states drive survival behaviors, but their neural implementation is not well
understood. Recently we identified a line attractor in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) …

Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 ion channel expressed by the Edinger-Westphal nucleus contributes to stress adaptation in murine model of posttraumatic stress …

J Konkoly, V Kormos, B Gaszner, P Correia… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The centrally projecting Edinger-Westphal nucleus (EWcp) is involved in stress adaptation.
Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) mRNA was previously shown to be …

Sex differences in brain region-specific activation of c-Fos following kappa opioid receptor stimulation or acute stress in mice

Q Ma, S Wonnacott, SJ Bailey, CP Bailey - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Kappa opioid receptors (KOPr) are involved in the response to stress. KOPr are also targets
for the treatment of stress-related psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety, and …