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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 105, Issue 40, Pages 15570-15575Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803702105
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BDNF; LTP; neurogenesis; plasticity; dendritogenesis
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Center for Integrated Protein Science
- European Transcriptome
- Regulome and Cellular Commitment Consortium
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung
- Bavarian Ministry
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New neurons in the adult dentate gyrus are widely held to incorporate into hippocampal circuitry via a stereotypical sequence of morphological and physiological transitions, yet the molecular control over this process remains unclear. We studied the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/TrkB signaling in adult neurogenesis by deleting the full-length TrkB via Cre expression within adult progenitors in TrkB(lox/lox) mice. By 4 weeks after deletion, the growth of dendrites and spines is reduced in adult-born neurons demonstrating that TrkB is required to create the basic organization of synaptic connections. Later, when new neurons normally display facilitated synaptic plasticity and become preferentially recruited into functional networks, lack of TrkB results in impaired neurogenesis-dependent long-term potentiation and cell survival becomes compromised. Because of the specific lack of TrkB signaling in recently generated neurons a remarkably increased anxiety-like behavior was observed in mice carrying the mutation, emphasizing the contribution of adult neurogenesis in regulating mood-related behavior.
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