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Local circuit regulation of paraventricular nucleus stress integration: glutamate-GABA connectionsJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0559, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 71:457-68. 2002..Local circuits are likely the primary integrators of anticipatory stress responses, and may indeed be the focus of HPA dysfunction seen with aging or affective disease...
Role of the ventral subiculum in stress integrationJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Cincinnati, 2170 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45237 0506, United States
Behav Brain Res 174:215-24. 2006..Overall, the present state of knowledge indicates that the role of the subiculum in stress integration is complex, and likely involves interactions of stress-relevant subicular output with limbic-hypothalamic stress-integrative circuits...
Role of the paraventricular nucleus microenvironment in stress integrationJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Eur J Neurosci 16:381-5. 2002..The current state of knowledge reveals the paraventricular nucleus to be a dynamic entity, capable of integrating diverse classes of signals into control of adrenocortical activation...
Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical dysregulation in aging F344/Brown-Norway F1 hybrid ratsJ P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0559, USA
Neurobiol Aging 22:323-32. 2001..The results suggest a gradual increase in HPA tone across the aging process, culminating in marked hyperresponsivity to both acute and chronic stress in senescence...
The medial amygdala modulates body weight but not neuroendocrine responses to chronic stressM B Solomon
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 22:13-23. 2010..In addition, the data suggest that the MeA may be an important neural component for the control of body weight in the face of chronic stress...
Deletion of forebrain glucocorticoid receptors impairs neuroendocrine stress responses and induces depression-like behavior in males but not femalesM B Solomon
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Neuroscience 203:135-43. 2012..Overall the findings indicate a marked sex difference in the function of forebrain GR on HPA axis regulation and depression-like behaviors, and may have implications for therapeutic approaches using GR-modulating drugs...
Differential regulation of forebrain glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA expression by aging and stressJ P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0559, USA
Brain Res 912:60-6. 2001..Thus, while aged rats show evidence of elevated basal GABA synthesis, chronic stress causes differential loss of GAD in hippocampal-PVN relays, consistent with reduced PVN inhibition...
Chronic stress produces enduring decreases in novel stress-evoked c-fos mRNA expression in discrete brain regions of the ratM M Ostrander
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 0506, USA
Stress 12:469-77. 2009..The results demonstrate long-term alterations in neuronal activation within neurocircuits critical for regulation of physiological and psychological responses to stressors...
Aging associated changes in amygdalar corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and CRH-binding protein in Fischer 344 ratsC Xiao
University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery, 231 Bethesda Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Brain Res 1073:325-31. 2006..05 via ANOVA and Fisher's PLSD). These changes may contribute to impaired adaptations to stress, cognitive decline, and other pathophysiological processes during aging...
Region-specific regulation of glucocorticoid receptor/HSP90 expression and interaction in brainA R Furay
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Ohio 45237 0506, USA
J Neurochem 98:1176-84. 2006..Given that GR requires HSP90 for ligand binding, the data suggest that circadian GR signaling capacity is regulated in a region-specific pattern...
Nongenomic actions of adrenal steroids in the central nervous systemN K Evanson
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 22:846-61. 2010..A clearer understanding of adrenal steroid activity in the central nervous system will lead to a better ability to treat human disease as well as reduce the side-effects of the steroid treatments already in use...
"Snacking" causes long term attenuation of HPA axis stress responses and enhancement of brain FosB/deltaFosB expression in ratsA M Christiansen
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, 2170 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA
Physiol Behav 103:111-6. 2011..These data suggest that chronic palatable food intake causes lasting changes in stress/reward-modulatory circuitry and that the suppressed hormonal response to stress that can persist well beyond periods of palatable drink exposure...
Regulatory interactions of stress and reward on rat forebrain opioidergic and GABAergic circuitryA M Christiansen
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, 2170 E Galbraith Road, Reading, OH 45237 0506, USA
Stress 14:205-15. 2011..Overall, these data suggest that complex interactions exist between brain reward and stress pathways and that palatable snacking can mitigate many of the neurochemical alterations induced by chronic stress...
Local integration of glutamate signaling in the hypothalamic paraventricular region: regulation of glucocorticoid stress responsesD R Ziegler
Dept Anatomy and Neurobiology, U Kentucky Medical School, Lexington 40536, USA
Endocrinology 141:4801-4. 2000..These results provide evidence that endogenous glutamate in the PVN and surrounding peri-PVN region plays a physiologically significant role in both generating and limiting glucocorticoid stress responses in awake rats...
Mifepristone protects CA1 hippocampal neurons following traumatic brain injury in ratD L McCullers
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Neuroscience 109:219-30. 2002....
Expression of the glucocorticoid-induced receptor mRNA in rat brainR Sah
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45229 0559, USA
Neuroscience 133:281-92. 2005..GIR mRNA distribution in the rat indicates a potential role of this receptor in the control of feeding and ingestive behavior, regulation of stress and emotional behavior, learning and memory, and, drug reinforcement and reward...
Adrenocorticosteroid receptor blockade and excitotoxic challenge regulate adrenocorticosteroid receptor mRNA levels in hippocampusD L McCullers
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
J Neurosci Res 64:277-83. 2001..These results demonstrate dynamic regulation of hippocampal MR and GR mRNAs after ACR antagonist treatment and kainate toxicity, underscoring the potential importance of MR and GR availability to neuronal viability after insult...
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) expression and protein kinase A mediated CRH receptor signalling in an immortalized hypothalamic cell lineJ Kasckow
Cincinnati VAMC, Psychiatry Service 116A, and School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and Neurosciences Program, University of Cincinnati, OH 45267 0559, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 15:521-9. 2003..The characteristics of IVB cells, such as CRH and VP coexpression, GR expression and a biologically active CRH-R1-mediated signalling pathway, suggest that this neuronal cell line may serve as model of parvocellular CRH neurones...
Neural regulation of the stress response: glucocorticoid feedback mechanismsJ P Herman
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
Braz J Med Biol Res 45:292-8. 2012..Thus, rather than having a single, defined feedback 'switch', control of the stress response requires a wide-reaching feedback 'network' that coordinates HPA activity to suit the overall needs of multiple body systems...
Expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunit mRNAs in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the ratJ P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
J Comp Neurol 422:352-62. 2000..Localization of all species in the perinuclear PVN suggests that glutamate input to the immediate region of the PVN may modulate its function, perhaps by communication with local gamma-aminobutyric acid neurons...
Cloning, expression, and regulation of a glucocorticoid-induced receptor in rat brain: effect of repetitive amphetamineD Wang
Pharmacology Research Center, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
J Neurosci 21:9027-35. 2001..These findings suggest that modulation of GIR expression may be involved in behavioral sensitization, and GIR may play a role at the interface between stress and neuroadaptation to psychostimulants...
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, glucocorticoids, and neurologic diseaseJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237 0506, USA
Neurol Clin 24:461-81, vi. 2006..This review highlights the importance of controlling stress and consequent stress hormone secretion in the context of neurologic disease states...
Chronic social stress in the visible burrow system modulates stress-related gene expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalisDennis C Choi
Neuroscience Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Physiol Behav 89:301-10. 2006....
Role of GABA and glutamate circuitry in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical stress integrationJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Psychiatry North, Bldg 43, UC E, 2nd Fl, 2170 East Galbraith Road, Reading, OH 45237 0506, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1018:35-45. 2004..As such, these neurons are positioned to summate limbic inputs into net inhibitory tone on the PVN and may thus play a major role in HPA dysfunction seen in affective disease states and aging...
Regulation of forebrain GABAergic stress circuits following lesion of the ventral subiculumNancy K Mueller
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, 2170 E. Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45237-0506, USA
Brain Res 1116:132-42. 2006....
Estrogen potentiates adrenocortical responses to stress in female ratsHelmer F Figueiredo
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Genome Research Institute, Psychiatry North, ML 0506, Bldg 43, 2nd Floor, 2170 East Galbraith Road, Reading, OH 45237 0506, USA
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 292:E1173-82. 2007..These results suggest that enhanced adrenal sensitive to ACTH is an important physiological mechanism mediating E(2)-related glucocorticoid hypersecretion in stressed females...
Requirement of cannabinoid receptor type 1 for the basal modulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functionDaniela Cota
Group of Clinical Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Endocrinology 148:1574-81. 2007....
GABAergic circuits and the stress hyporesponsive period in the rat: ontogeny of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) 67 mRNA expression in limbic-hypothalamic stress pathwaysGersham Dent
Department of Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 2577, USA
Brain Res 1138:1-9. 2007..Overall, the data implicate forebrain GABA circuits in inhibition of HPA axis activity during the SHRP...
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis subregions differentially regulate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity: implications for the integration of limbic inputsDennis C Choi
Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
J Neurosci 27:2025-34. 2007....
The anteroventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis differentially regulates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis responses to acute and chronic stressDennis C Choi
Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Endocrinology 149:818-26. 2008....
Role of central glucagon-like peptide-1 in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical facilitation following chronic stressMiyuki Tauchi
Neuroscience Graduate Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, 2170 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45237 0506, USA
Exp Neurol 210:458-66. 2008..Overall, our data suggest that brain GLP-1 modulates HPA axis activity within the context of chronic stress, perhaps at the level of the adrenal gland...
The role of the posterior medial bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in modulating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis responsiveness to acute and chronic stressDennis C Choi
Neuroscience Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:659-69. 2008..The data further suggest that acute versus chronic stress integration are subserved by different brain circuitry...
Daily limited access to sweetened drink attenuates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis stress responsesYvonne M Ulrich-Lai
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, 2170 East Galbraith Road, Reading, Ohio 45237 0506, USA
Endocrinology 148:1823-34. 2007..Collectively the results support the hypothesis that the intake of palatable substances represents an endogenous mechanism to dampen physiological stress responses...
Chronic stress induces adrenal hyperplasia and hypertrophy in a subregion-specific mannerYvonne M Ulrich-Lai
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 0506, USA
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 291:E965-73. 2006..These chronic stress-induced changes in adrenal growth and function may have implications for patients with stress-related disorders...
Deficient hippocampal c-fos expression results in reduced anxiety and altered response to chronic stress in female miceJill M Slane McQuade
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267, USA
Neurosci Lett 403:125-30. 2006..These findings suggest that hippocampal c-fos plays a role in gender-dependent response to stress...
Limbic and HPA axis function in an animal model of chronic neuropathic painYvonne M Ulrich-Lai
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45140, USA
Physiol Behav 88:67-76. 2006..These results suggest that increased nociceptive sensitivity during chronic pain is associated with alterations in the limbic system, but is dissociated from HPA axis activation...
Stress and amphetamine induce Fos expression in medial prefrontal cortex neurons containing glucocorticoid receptorsMichelle M Ostrander
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Med Sci Bldg, Rm G551, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0559, USA
Brain Res 990:209-14. 2003..These findings suggest exposure to amphetamine activates the same medial prefrontal cortex regions responsible for integration of responses to stress, and suggest the potential for AP1-glucocorticoid cross-talk in these cell populations...
Stress integration after acute and chronic predator stress: differential activation of central stress circuitry and sensitization of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axisHelmer F Figueiredo
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
Endocrinology 144:5249-58. 2003....
CNS glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors mediate endocrine and anxiety responses to interoceptive and psychogenic stressorsKimberly P Kinzig
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Neurosci 23:6163-70. 2003..Although diverse neural circuits must necessarily process disparate stressors, the current data implicate a role for the GLP-1 system as a critical mediator of multiple stress responses...
Gene microarrays in hippocampal aging: statistical profiling identifies novel processes correlated with cognitive impairmentEric M Blalock
Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA
J Neurosci 23:3807-19. 2003....
Norepinephrine-gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) interaction in limbic stress circuits: effects of reboxetine on GABAergic neuronsJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, JPH, BB, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0559, USA
Biol Psychiatry 53:166-74. 2003....
Traumatic brain injury regulates adrenocorticosteroid receptor mRNA levels in rat hippocampusDeanna L McCullers
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Brain Res 947:41-9. 2002..Regulation of MR and GR expression following TBI may influence hippocampal neuron viability by modulating glucocorticoid signaling after injury...
Distribution of vesicular glutamate transporter mRNA in rat hypothalamusDana R Ziegler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0559, USA
J Comp Neurol 448:217-29. 2002..Our data support a major role for hypothalamic glutamatergic neurons in regulation of all aspects of hypothalamic function...
Stress activation of cortex and hippocampus is modulated by sex and stage of estrusHelmer F Figueiredo
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
Endocrinology 143:2534-40. 2002..Taken together, this study indicates that cortical structures are differentially stress activated in females depending on the phase of the estrous cycle, perhaps in a progesterone-dependent fashion...
Decrements in nuclear glucocorticoid receptor (GR) protein levels and DNA binding in aged rat hippocampusErin K Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0559, USA
Endocrinology 143:1362-70. 2002..Diminished GR signaling capacity may attenuate the beneficial effects of glucocorticoids on hippocampal regulation of memory and stress integration...
Central mechanisms of stress integration: hierarchical circuitry controlling hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical responsivenessJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0559, USA
Front Neuroendocrinol 24:151-80. 2003..Imbalances among these limbic pathways and homeostatic sensors are likely to underlie hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical dysfunction associated with numerous disease processes...
The medial prefrontal cortex differentially regulates stress-induced c-fos expression in the forebrain depending on type of stressorHelmer F Figueiredo
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
Eur J Neurosci 18:2357-64. 2003..Taken together, this study indicates that the medial prefrontal cortex differentially regulates cellular activation of specific stress-related brain regions, thus exerting stressor-dependent inhibition of the HPA axis...
Hypoactivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis during recovery from chronic variable stressMichelle M Ostrander
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45237, USA
Endocrinology 147:2008-17. 2006....
Limbic system mechanisms of stress regulation: hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axisJames P Herman
Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry North, ML 0506 2170 East Galbraith Road, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45237 0506, USA
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 29:1201-13. 2005....
Risperidone pretreatment prevents elevated locomotor activity following neonatal hippocampal lesionsNeil M Richtand
Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Psychiatry Service V116A, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 31:77-89. 2006..Additionally, these data support the use of low-dose risperidone in psychosis prevention, and suggest the possibility that higher risperidone doses could be less effective in this application...
Comparative analysis of ACTH and corticosterone sampling methods in ratsTorsten P Vahl
Dept of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Univ of Cincinnati, 2170 E Galbraith Rd, Bldg 43, Rm 315, Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 289:E823-8. 2005..However, collection of blood under pentobarbital sodium or CO2 anesthesia is likely to confound the results of stress studies when ACTH is an important endpoint...
Stability of neuroendocrine and behavioral responsiveness in aging Fischer 344/Brown-Norway hybrid ratsJohn W Kasckow
Psychiatry Service, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ohio 45220, USA
Endocrinology 146:3105-12. 2005..The lack of a correlation between HPA axis measures and emotional as well as fear conditioning-related behaviors indicates that corticosteroid dysfunction may not predict age-related behavioral deficits in this aging model...
Organization and regulation of paraventricular nucleus glutamate signaling systems: N-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsDana R Ziegler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
J Comp Neurol 484:43-56. 2005....
Activity-dependent modulation of neurotransmitter innervation to vasopressin neurons of the supraoptic nucleusNancy K Mueller
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237-0506, USA
Endocrinology 146:348-54. 2005....
Stressor-selective role of the ventral subiculum in regulation of neuroendocrine stress responsesNancy K Mueller
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237-0506, USA
Endocrinology 145:3763-8. 2004....
Strategies and methods for research on sex differences in brain and behaviorJill B Becker
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 525 East University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Endocrinology 146:1650-73. 2005..This article describes methods and procedures to assist scientists new to the field in designing and conducting experiments to investigate sex differences in research involving both laboratory animals and humans...
Dissociation of ACTH and glucocorticoidsStefan R Bornstein
Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Trends Endocrinol Metab 19:175-80. 2008..The separation of adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosteroid secretion is of clinical relevance and should be incorporated into our view on endocrine stress regulation...
Optimally straight and optimally curved saccadesMark R Harwood
Department of Biology, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
J Neurosci 28:7455-7. 2008
