Vollmayr, B., Mahlstedt, M. M., Henn, F. A. (August 2007) Neurogenesis and depression: what animal models tell us about the link. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 257 (5). pp. 300-3. ISSN 0940-1334 (Print)0940-1334 (Linking)
Abstract
There is growing evidence that stress causes a decrease of neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus and antidepressant treatment in turn stimulates the cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus. This has led to the hypothesis that a decreased neurogenesis might be linked to the pathophysiology of major depression. The article reviews the relationship of depressive-like behavior and neurogenesis in three animal models of depression with high validity: learned helplessness, chronic mild stress and chronic psychosocial stress of the tree shrew. All animal models provide evidence that stress which can lead to depressive-like behavior, in parallel causes a decrease of neurogenesis; vice versa, antidepressant treatment is able to revert not only behavioral changes but also to normalize neurogenesis. But the animal models argue against the notion that decreases of neurogenesis are the cause or the consequence of depressive-like behavior since depressive-like behavior can occur without impairments in neurogenesis and decreasing neurogenesis does not neccessarily lead to depressive-like behavior. This suggests that neurogenesis does not directly control affect but is tightly connected to the modulation of affect by stress and antidepressant measures.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals Depression/ pathology/psychology Disease Models, Animal Humans Neurons/ pathology/ physiology Reproducibility of Results Species Specificity |
| Subjects: | diseases & disorders diseases & disorders > mental disorders diseases & disorders > mental disorders > mood disorders organism description > animal diseases & disorders > mental disorders > mood disorders > depression organism description > model organism |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Henn lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | August 2007 |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2013 14:17 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2013 14:17 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/27649 |
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