ArticleNeuroscience2012
Orexinergic signaling mediates light-induced neuronal activation in the dorsal raphe nucleus.
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- Light therapy for sleep disturbance comorbid depression in relation to neural circuits and interactive hormones-A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- The Blue Light-Responsive Lateral Pathway of the Retinohypothalamic Tract Promotes Endocannabinoid-Driven Modulation of Orexin Neurons.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Article
- Circadian Regulation in Diurnal Mammals: Neural Mechanisms and Implications in Translational Research.Biology · 2024Review
- Orexin Receptor Antagonists as Adjunct Drugs for the Treatment of Depression: A Mini Meta-Analysis.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2024Review
- Effects of light therapy on sleep/wakefulness, daily rhythms, and the central orexin system in a diurnal rodent model of seasonal affective disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Multi-Level Processes and Retina-Brain Pathways of Photic Regulation of Mood.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Hypothalamic orexinergic neuron changes during the hibernation of the Syrian hamster.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2022Article
- Keep Your Mask On: The Benefits of Masking for Behavior and the Contributions of Aging and Disease on Dysfunctional Masking Pathways.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- The Elusive "Switch Process" in Bipolar Disorder and Photoperiodism: A Hypothesis Centering on NADPH Oxidase-Generated Reactive Oxygen Species Within the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Orexin (hypocretin) mediates light-dependent fluctuation of hippocampal function in a diurnal rodent.Hippocampus · 2021Article
- Nighttime Light Hurts Mammalian Physiology: What Diurnal Rodent Models Are Telling Us.Clocks & sleep · 2021Review
- Circadian Rhythms of the Hypothalamus: From Function to Physiology.Clocks & sleep · 2021Review
- The darkness and the light: diurnal rodent models for seasonal affective disorder.Disease models & mechanisms · 2021Review
- Circadian and photic modulation of daily rhythms in diurnal mammals.The European journal of neuroscience · 2020Review
- Monochromatic Blue Light Activates Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neuronal Activity and Promotes Arousal in Mice Under Sevoflurane Anesthesia.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2020Article
- Orexinergic modulation of serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe of a diurnal rodent, Arvicanthis niloticus.Hormones and behavior · 2019Article
- Light as a modulator of emotion and cognition: Lessons learned from studying a diurnal rodent.Hormones and behavior · 2019Review
- A comparison of the orexin receptor distribution in the brain between diurnal Nile grass rats (Arvicanthis niloticus) and nocturnal mice (Mus musculus).Brain research · 2018Article
- The Antidepressant Effect of Light Therapy from Retinal Projections.Neuroscience bulletin · 2018Review
- Chronic light exposure alters serotonergic and orexinergic systems in the rat brain and reverses maternal separation-induced increase in orexin receptors in the prefrontal cortex.Metabolic brain disease · 2018Article
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Abstract
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a major depressive disorder recurring in the fall and winter, is caused by the reduction of light in the environment, and its depressive symptoms can be alleviated by bright light therapy. Both circadian and monoaminergic systems have been implicated in the etiology of SAD. However, the underlying neural pathways through which light regulates mood are not well understood. The present study utilized a diurnal rodent model, Arvicanthis niloticus, to explore the neural pathways mediating the effects of light on brain regions involved in mood regulation. Animals kept in constant darkness received light exposure in early subjective day, the time when light therapy is usually applied. The time course of neural activity following light exposure was assessed using Fos protein as a marker in the following brain regions/cells: the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), orexin neurons in the perifornical-lateral hypothalamic area (PF-LHA) and the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN). A light-induced increase in Fos expression was observed in orexin neurons and the DRN, but not in the SCN. As the DRN is densely innervated by orexinergic inputs, the involvement of orexinergic signaling in mediating the effects of light on the DRN was tested in the second experiment. The animals were injected with the selective orexin receptor type 1 (OXR1) antagonist SB-334867 prior to the light exposure. The treatment of SB-334867 significantly inhibited the Fos induction in the DRN. The results collectively point to the role of orexin neurons in mediating the effects of light on the mood-regulating monoaminergic areas, suggesting an orexinergic pathway that underlies light-dependent mood fluctuation and the beneficial effects of light therapy.
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