- Title
- Hypothalamic corticotrophin releasing hormone neurons in stress-induced psychopathology: Revaluation of synaptic contributions
- Creator
- Stanton, Laura M.; Price, Aidan J.; Manning, Elizabeth E.
- Relation
- Journal of Neuroendocrinology Vol. 35, Issue 4, no. e13268
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jne.13268
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Stress has a strong influence on mental health around the world. Decades of research has sought to identify mechanisms through which stress contributes to psychiatric disorders such as depression, to potentially guide the development of therapeutics targeting stress systems. The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis is the key endocrine system that is responsible for coordinating body-wide changes that are necessary for survival under stress, and much of the research aimed at understanding the mechanisms by which stress contributes to depression has focussed on HPA axis dysfunction. Corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) sit at the apex of the HPA axis, integrating signals relevant to stress and external threats, to ensure HPA axis activity is appropriate for the given context. In addition to this, emerging research has demonstrated that neural activity in PVNCRH neurons regulates stress related behaviours via modulation of downstream synaptic targets. This review will summarize convergent evidence from preclinical studies on chronic stress and clinical research in mood disorders demonstrating changes in PVNCRH neural function, consider how this may influence synaptic targets of PVNCRH neurons, and discuss the potential role of these PVNCRH synaptic pathways in the development of maladaptive behaviours following chronic stress that are relevant to depression. We will also highlight important questions for future research aimed at precisely dissecting endocrine and synaptic roles of PVNCRH neurons in chronic stress, their potential interactions, and therapeutic opportunities for the treatment of stress related disorders.
- Subject
- corticotrophin releasing hormone; depression; hypothalamus; stress
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1480724
- Identifier
- uon:50557
- Identifier
- ISSN:0953-8194
- Rights
- © 2023 The Authors. Journal of Neuroendocrinology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Society for Neuroendocrinology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
- Language
- eng
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