Synaptic Plasticity in PTSD and associated Comorbidities: The Function and Mechanism for Diagnostics and Therapy
| Autor: | Shuang Feng, Min Mao, Yong-Tang Wang, Jun-Jie Tang, Mei He, Xiu-Min Lu, Jing-Xiang Wei, Guo-Yan Zhao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Tropomyosin receptor kinase B
01 natural sciences Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences Neurotrophic factors mental disorders Drug Discovery Neuroplasticity medicine Animals Humans 030304 developmental biology Pharmacology 0303 health sciences Neuronal Plasticity business.industry Mechanism (biology) Long-term potentiation medicine.disease 0104 chemical sciences 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry Neuroprotective Agents Schizophrenia Synaptic plasticity Anxiety medicine.symptom business Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Current pharmaceutical design. 24(34) |
| ISSN: | 1873-4286 |
| Popis: | The studying of synaptic plasticity, the ability of synaptic connections between neurons to be weakened or strengthened and specifically long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), is one of the most active areas of research in neuroscience. The process of synaptic connections playing a crucial role in improving cognitive processes is important to the processing of information in brain. In general, the dysfunction of synaptic plasticity was involved in a wide spectrum of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including some neurodegenerative disorders. Thus, synaptic plasticity which is a dysfunction reported in neurodegenerative disorders may also be involved in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an anxiety and/or memory disorder developed after experiencing natural disasters, domestic violence or combat-related trauma. In this review, we mainly focus on discussing the biological function and mechanism for diagnostics and therapy of synaptic plasticity in PTSD and associated comorbidities, such as schizophrenia, depression, sleep disturbances and alcohol dependence, and further studying the molecular mechanisms of PTSD with a particular focus on the LTP/LTD, glutamatergic ligand-receptor systems, voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-tyrosine kinase B (TrkB). The summarized function and mechanism of synaptic plasticity in PTSD and its comorbidities may help us further understand PTSD and provide insight into novel neuroplasticity modifying for diagnostics and treatment for PTSD. |
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