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JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 103, 期 5, 页码 2652-2663出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01132.2009
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- National Institute of Mental Health [MH-075047, MH-082611]
Crawford LK, Craige CP, Beck SG. Increased intrinsic excitability of lateral wing serotonin neurons of the dorsal raphe: a mechanism for selective activation in stress circuits. J Neurophysiol 103: 2652-2663, 2010. First published March 17, 2010; doi: 10.1152/jn.01132.2009. The primary center of serotonin (5-HT) projections to the forebrain is the dorsal raphe nucleus (DR), a region known for its role in the limbic stress response. The ventromedial subregion of the DR (vmDR) has the highest density of 5-HT neurons and is the major target in experiments that involve the DR. However, studies have demonstrated that a variety of stressors induce activation of neurons that is highest in the lateral wing subregion (lwDR) and includes activation of lwDR 5-HT neurons. Despite the functional role that the lwDR is known to play in stress circuits, little is known about lwDR 5-HT neuron physiology. Whole cell patch clamp electrophysiology in mice revealed that lwDR 5-HT cells have active and passive intrinsic membrane properties that make them more excitable than vmDR 5-HT neurons. In addition, lwDR 5-HT neurons demonstrated faster in vitro firing rates. Finally, within the vmDR there was a positive correlation between rostral position and increased excitability, among several other membrane parameters. These results are consistent with stressor induced patterns of activation of 5-HT neurons that includes, in addition to lwDR neurons, a small subset of rostral vmDR neurons. Thus increased intrinsic excitability likely forms a major part of the mechanism underlying the propensity to be activated by a stressor. The membrane properties identified in lwDR recordings may thereby contribute to a unique role of lwDR 5-HT neurons in adaptive responses to stress and in the pathobiology of stress-related mood disorders.
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