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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 30, Issue 49, Pages 16453-16458Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3177-10.2010
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- NIDA NIH HHS [K01 DA017750] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH051399, R01 MH092306, R01 MH051399-12] Funding Source: Medline
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We previously reported that the activity of mesolimbic dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) is a key determinant of behavioral susceptibility vs resilience to chronic social defeat stress. However, this was based solely on ex vivo measurements, and the in vivo firing properties of VTA dopamine neurons in susceptible and resilient mice, as well as the effects of antidepressant treatments, remain completely unknown. Here, we show that chronic (10 d) social defeat stress significantly increased the in vivo spontaneous firing rates and bursting events in susceptible mice but not in the resilient subgroup. Both the firing rates and bursting events were significantly negatively correlated with social avoidance behavior, a key behavioral abnormality induced by chronic social defeat stress. Moreover, the increased firing rates, bursting events, and avoidance behavior in susceptible mice were completely reversed by chronic (2 week), but not acute (single dose), treatments with the antidepressant medication fluoxetine (20 mg/kg). Chronic social defeat stress increased hyperpolarization-activated cation current (I-h) in VTA dopamine neurons, an effect that was also normalized by chronic treatment with fluoxetine. As well, local infusion of I-h inhibitors ZD7288 (0.1 mu g) or DK-AH 269 (0.6 mu g) into the VTA exerted antidepressant-like behavioral effects. Together, these data suggest that the firing patterns of mesolimbic dopamine neurons in vivo mediate an individual's responses to chronic stress and antidepressant action.
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