期刊
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
卷 104, 期 2, 页码 327-333出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.01.003
关键词
Corticotropin releasing hormone; Paraventricular nucleus; GABA; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Development; Pituitary; Nuclear compartments
资金
- National Institutes of Health [P01-MH082679]
- National Science Foundation [DGE-0841259]
The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) is a major regulator of stress responses via release of corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) to the pituitary gland. Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is characteristic of individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD). Postmortem data from individuals diagnosed with MDD show increased levels of CRH mRNA and CRH immunoreactive neurons in the PVN. In the current study, an immunohistochemical (INC) analysis revealed increased levels of CRH in the PVN of newborn mice lacking functional GABA(B) receptors. There was no difference in the total number of CRH immunoreactive cells. By contrast, there was a significant increase in the amount of CRH immunoreactivity per cell. Interestingly, this increase in CRH levels in the GABAB receptor R1 subunit knockout was limited to the rostral PVN. While GABAergic regulation of the HPA axis has been previously reported in adult animals, this study provides evidence of region-specific GABA modulation of immunoreactive CRH in newborns. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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