Is serotonin an upper or a downer? The evolution of the serotonergic system and its role in depression and the antidepressant response

PW Andrews, A Bharwani, KR Lee, M Fox… - Neuroscience & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The role of serotonin in depression and antidepressant treatment remains unresolved
despite decades of research. In this paper, we make three major claims. First, serotonin …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding stress: Insights from rodent models

F Atrooz, KA Alkadhi, S Salim - Current Research in Neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Through incorporating both physical and psychological forms of stressors, a variety of rodent
models have provided important insights into the understanding of stress physiology …

Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory chain in brain of rats subjected to an experimental model of depression

GT Rezin, MR Cardoso, CL Gonçalves, G Scaini… - Neurochemistry …, 2008 - Elsevier
Depressive disorders, including major depression, are serious and disabling. However, the
exact pathophysiology of depression is not clearly understood. Life stressors contribute in …

Alterations in monoamine levels and oxidative systems in frontal cortex, striatum, and hippocampus of the rat brain during chronic unpredictable stress

A Ahmad, N Rasheed, N Banu, G Palit - Stress, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Stress plays a key role in the induction of various clinical disorders by altering
monoaminergic response and antioxidant defenses. In the present study, alterations in the …

Increased vulnerability to depressive-like behavior of mice with decreased expression of VGLUT1

AL Garcia-Garcia, N Elizalde, D Matrov, J Harro… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Many studies link depression to an increase in the excitatory–inhibitory
ratio in the forebrain. Presynaptic alterations in a shared pathway of the glutamate/gamma …

Brain glucose metabolism in an animal model of depression

J Detka, A Kurek, M Kucharczyk, K Głombik… - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
An increasing number of data support the involvement of disturbances in glucose
metabolism in the pathogenesis of depression. We previously reported that glucose and …

Chronic unpredictable stress negatively regulates hippocampal neurogenesis and promote anxious depression-like behavior via upregulating apoptosis and …

A Mishra, S Singh, S Singh, V Tiwari, S Chaturvedi… - Brain Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Psychological and physical stress play a pivotal role in etiology of anxiety and depression.
Chronic psychological and physical stress modify various physiological phenomena, as a …

Effect of chronic stress on behavior and cerebral oxidative metabolism in rats with high or low positive affect

T Mällo, D Matrov, K Kõiv, J Harro - Neuroscience, 2009 - Elsevier
The 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in rats have been associated with positive affect
and rewarding experience. We have previously reported that stable inter-individual …

Brain responses to chronic social defeat stress: effects on regional oxidative metabolism as a function of a hedonic trait, and gene expression in susceptible and …

M Kanarik, A Alttoa, D Matrov, K Kõiv, T Sharp… - European …, 2011 - Elsevier
Chronic social defeat stress, a depression model in rats, reduced struggling in the forced
swimming test dependent on a hedonic trait-stressed rats with high sucrose intake struggled …

[HTML][HTML] Acute administration of ketamine reverses the inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory chain induced by chronic mild stress

GT Rezin, CL Gonçalves, JF Daufenbach, DB Fraga… - Brain research …, 2009 - Elsevier
Modulation and dysfunction of the glutamatergic system seems to be involved in depression.
Recently a renewed interest in the glutamatergic system as a treatment option for major …