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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2013

Increased hippocampal neurogenesis and accelerated response to antidepressants in mice with specific deletion of CREB in the hippocampus: role of cAMP response-element modulator τ.

Brigitta B Gundersen, Lisa A Briand, Jennifer L Onksen, John Lelay, Klaus H Kaestner, Julie A Blendy

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. CREB Family Transcription Factors Are Major Mediators of BDNF Transcriptional Autoregulation in Cortical Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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  13. Activation of AMPK by metformin improves withdrawal signs precipitated by nicotine withdrawal.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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  15. Distinct Roles of CREB Within the Ventral and Dorsal Hippocampus in Mediating Nicotine Withdrawal Phenotypes.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Brigitta B GundersenDepartments of Pharmacology and Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lisa A Briand
Jennifer L Onksen
John Lelay
Klaus H Kaestner
Julie A Blendy
Institute of Pharmacology · CZUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience-Administrative SupplementT32DA007281 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Shelly Beth Flagel · 1995 to 2026
$5.7M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN BEHAVIORAL/COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCET32MH017168 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KABLE, JOSEPH W · 1985 to 2018
$4.2M
Molecular genetic analysis of drug addictionR01DA011649 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BLENDY, JULIE A · 2000 to 2010
$3.2M
AMPA Receptor Trafficking and Cocaine ReinstatementK99DA033372 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRIAND, LISA A · 2013 to 2014
$317k
NIDA NIH HHS K99 DA033372NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA011649NIDA NIH HHS R01-DA011649NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007281NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH017168
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transcription factor cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression as well as in the efficacy of antidepressant treatment. However, altering CREB levels appears to have differing effects on anxiety- and depression-related behaviors, depending on which brain region is examined. Furthermore, many manipulations of CREB lead to corresponding changes in other CREB family proteins, and the impact of these changes has been largely ignored. To further investigate the region-specific importance of CREB in depression-related behavior and antidepressant response, we used Creb(loxP/loxP) mice to localize CREB deletion to the hippocampus. In an assay sensitive to chronic antidepressant response, the novelty-induced hypophagia procedure, hippocampal CREB deletion, did not alter the response to chronic antidepressant treatment. In contrast, mice with hippocampal CREB deletion responded to acute antidepressant treatment in this task, and this accelerated response was accompanied by an increase in hippocampal neurogenesis. Upregulation of the CREB-family protein cAMP response-element modulator (CREM) was observed after CREB deletion. Viral overexpression of the activator isoform of CREM, CREMτ, in the hippocampus also resulted in an accelerated response to antidepressants as well as increased hippocampal neurogenesis. This is the first demonstration of CREMτ within the brain playing a role in behavior and specifically in behavioral outcomes following antidepressant treatment. The current results suggest that activation of CREMτ may provide a means to accelerate the therapeutic efficacy of current antidepressant treatment.

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HippocampusAnimalsAntidepressive AgentsBromodeoxyuridineCREB-Binding ProteinCyclic AMP Response Element ModulatorDependovirusDesipramineDoublecortin Domain ProteinsExploratory BehaviorFearGene Expression RegulationGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMaze LearningMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAntidepressive AgentsBromodeoxyuridineCREB-Binding ProteinCrebbp protein, mouseCyclic AMP Response Element ModulatorDesipramineDoublecortin Domain ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNeuropeptides

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PMID23966689
PMCPMC3755714
OpenAlexW2084706514

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