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ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2018

Prefrontal cortical trkB, glucocorticoids, and their interactions in stress and developmental contexts.

Elizabeth T Barfield, Shannon L Gourley

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Review in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Adult trkB Signaling in Parvalbumin Interneurons is Essential to Prefrontal Network Dynamics.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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  17. The stressed orbitofrontal cortex.Behavioral neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth T BarfieldDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA. Electronic address: elizabeth.barfield@emory.edu.
Shannon L GourleyDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA; Molecular and Systems Pharmacology Program, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA. Electronic address: shannon.l.gourley@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

Yerkes National Primate Research Center Role of type-I IFN in regulating COVID-19 induced inflammation and pathogenesisP51OD011132 · OD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Joon Sup Lee · 2012 to 2026
$167.0M
Neurotrophic and ontogenic factors in medial orbitofrontal cortical functionR01DA044297 · NIDA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Shannon Leigh Gourley · 2018 to 2026
$3.7M
Orbitofrontal cortical coordination of action-consequence decision makingR01MH117103 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GOURLEY, SHANNON LEIGH · 2018 to 2022
$2.3M
Ontogenic factors in adolescent-emergent depression and decision-makingR01MH101477 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GOURLEY, SHANNON LEIGH · 2013 to 2017
$2.2M
Integrated mechanisms for orbitofrontal cortical control of memory and choiceR37MH117103 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Shannon Leigh Gourley · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA044297NIH HHS DA044297NIH HHS MH101477NIH HHS MH117103NIH HHS P51 OD011132NIH HHS P51OD011132NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101477NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH117103NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH117103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tropomyosin/tyrosine receptor kinase B (trkB) and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) regulate neuron structure and function and the hormonal stress response. Meanwhile, disruption of trkB and GR activity (e.g., by chronic stress) can perturb neuronal morphology in cortico-limbic regions implicated in stressor-related illnesses like depression. Further, several of the short- and long-term neurobehavioral consequences of stress depend on the developmental timing and context of stressor exposure. We review how the levels and activities of trkB and GR in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) change during development, interact, are modulated by stress, and are implicated in depression. We review evidence that trkB- and GR-mediated signaling events impact the density and morphology of dendritic spines, the primary sites of excitatory synapses in the brain, highlighting effects in adolescents when possible. Finally, we review the role of neurotrophin and glucocorticoid systems in stress-related metaplasticity. We argue that better understanding the long-term effects of developmental stressors on PFC trkB, GR, and related factors may yield insights into risk for chronic, remitting depression and related neuropsychiatric illnesses.

Indexed as

AnimalsGlucocorticoidsHumansPrefrontal CortexReceptor, trkBStress, PsychologicalGlucocorticoidsReceptor, trkBBDNFCorticosteroneCortisolDendritic spineJuvenileNeurotrophinTropomyosin receptor kinaseTyrosine kinase receptor type 2

Identifiers

PMID30477984
PMCPMC6392187
OpenAlexW2900530928

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