Abstract
Stress is the major predisposing and precipitating factor in the onset of depression which is the most significant mental health risk for women. Behavioral studies in animal models show that female sex though less affected by an acute stressor; exposure to repeated stressors induces coping deficits to impair adaptation in them. A decrease in the function of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) in the hippocampus and an increased function of the 5-HT-1A receptor in the raphe nucleus coexist in depression. Pharmacological and neurochemical data are relevant that facilitation of serotonin neurotransmission via hippocampus due to desensitization of somatodendritic 5-HT1A receptors may lead to adaptation to stress. The present article reviews research on sex related differences of raphe-hippocampal serotonin neurotransmission to find a possible answer that may account for the sex differences of adaptation to stress reported in preclinical research and greater incidence of depression in women than men.
Keywords: Raphe, hippocampus, sex related differences, stress 5-HT-1A receptors, serotonin, depression, neurobiological factors, antidepressants, preclinical studies, serotonin receptors
Current Neuropharmacology
Title: Raphe-Hippocampal Serotonin Neurotransmission In The Sex Related Differences of Adaptation to Stress: Focus on Serotonin-1A Receptor
Volume: 9 Issue: 3
Author(s): Darakhshan Jabeen Haleem
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Keywords: Raphe, hippocampus, sex related differences, stress 5-HT-1A receptors, serotonin, depression, neurobiological factors, antidepressants, preclinical studies, serotonin receptors
Abstract: Stress is the major predisposing and precipitating factor in the onset of depression which is the most significant mental health risk for women. Behavioral studies in animal models show that female sex though less affected by an acute stressor; exposure to repeated stressors induces coping deficits to impair adaptation in them. A decrease in the function of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) in the hippocampus and an increased function of the 5-HT-1A receptor in the raphe nucleus coexist in depression. Pharmacological and neurochemical data are relevant that facilitation of serotonin neurotransmission via hippocampus due to desensitization of somatodendritic 5-HT1A receptors may lead to adaptation to stress. The present article reviews research on sex related differences of raphe-hippocampal serotonin neurotransmission to find a possible answer that may account for the sex differences of adaptation to stress reported in preclinical research and greater incidence of depression in women than men.
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Jabeen Haleem Darakhshan, Raphe-Hippocampal Serotonin Neurotransmission In The Sex Related Differences of Adaptation to Stress: Focus on Serotonin-1A Receptor, Current Neuropharmacology 2011; 9 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157015911796558019
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157015911796558019 |
Print ISSN 1570-159X |
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Online ISSN 1875-6190 |
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