@article{d99371cab3f945baa36a1471540de094,
title = "Stimulation of entorhinal cortex-dentate gyrus circuitry is antidepressive",
abstract = "Major depressive disorder (MDD) is considered a 'circuitopathy', and brain stimulation therapies hold promise for ameliorating MDD symptoms, including hippocampal dysfunction. It is unknown whether stimulation of upstream hippocampal circuitry, such as the entorhinal cortex (Ent), is antidepressive, although Ent stimulation improves learning and memory in mice and humans. Here we show that molecular targeting (Ent-specific knockdown of a psychosocial stress-induced protein) and chemogenetic stimulation of Ent neurons induce antidepressive-like effects in mice. Mechanistically, we show that Ent-stimulation-induced antidepressive-like behavior relies on the generation of new hippocampal neurons. Thus, controlled stimulation of Ent hippocampal afferents is antidepressive via increased hippocampal neurogenesis. These findings emphasize the power and potential of Ent glutamatergic afferent stimulation - previously well-known for its ability to influence learning and memory - for MDD treatment.",
author = "Sanghee Yun and Reynolds, {Ryan P.} and Iraklis Petrof and Alicia White and Rivera, {Phillip D.} and Amir Segev and Gibson, {Adam D.} and Maiko Suarez and Desalle, {Matthew J.} and Naoki Ito and Shibani Mukherjee and Richardson, {Devon R.} and Kang, {Catherine E.} and Ahrens-Nicklas, {Rebecca C.} and Ivan Soler and Chetkovich, {Dane M.} and Sa{\"i}d Kourrich and Coulter, {Douglas A.} and Eisch, {Amelia J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank S. G. Birnbaum, I. M. Bowen, L. Peca, S. Stojadinovic, and Z. Zhang for assistance in experimental techniques. We thank E. D. Marsh and A. J. McCoy for guidance on use of computer code. We thank C. A. Tamminga and J. M. Zigman for sharing animals and tissues that were useful for pilot experiments. We thank G. A. Barr, I. M. Bowen, and S. E. Latchney for helpful discussions and feedback. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health to A.J.E. (DA023701, DA023555, MH107945) and D.M.C. (NS059934, MH104471), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to A.J.E. (NNX07AP84G, NNX12AB55G, NNX15AE09G) and an Independent Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression/Brain and Behavior Foundation to A.J.E. S.Y. was funded by a National Institute of Mental Health Basic Science Institutional NRSA Training Grant (Training Program in the Neurobiology of Mental Illness,T32-MH076690, principal investigator: C. A. Tamminga). P.D.R. was funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse NRSA Institutional Training Grant (Basic Science Training Program in the Drug Abuse Research, T32-DA007290, principal investigator: A. J. Eisch). Funding Information: We thank S. G. Birnbaum, I. M. Bowen, L. Peca, S. Stojadinovic, and Z. Zhang for assistance in experimental techniques. We thank E. D. Marsh and A. J. McCoy for guidance on use of computer code. We thank C. A. Tamminga and J. M. Zigman for sharing animals and tissues that were useful for pilot experiments. We thank G. A. Barr, I. M. Bowen, and S. E. Latchney for helpful discussions and feedback. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health to A.J.E. (DA023701, DA023701, MH107945) and D.M.C. (NS059934, MH104471), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to A.J.E. (NNX07AP84G, NNX12AB55G, NNX15AE09G) and an Independent Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression/Brain and Behavior Foundation to A.J.E. S.Y. was funded by a National Institute of Mental Health Basic Science Institutional NRSA Training Grant (Training Program in the Neurobiology of Mental Illness,T32-MH076690, principal investigator: C. A. Tamminga). P.D.R. was funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse NRSA Institutional Training Grant (Basic Science Training Program in the Drug Abuse Research, T32-DA007290, principal investigator: A. J. Eisch). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 The Author(s).",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41591-018-0002-1",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "658--666",
journal = "Nature Medicine",
issn = "1078-8956",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "5",
}