Optogenetic stimulation of medial prefrontal cortex Drd1 neurons produces rapid and long-lasting antidepressant effects

Ketamine exerts fast-acting anti-depressant responses. Here the authors show that dopamine D1 receptor expressing neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex contribute to these antidepressant-like effects in mice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brendan D. Hare, Ryota Shinohara, Rong Jian Liu, Santosh Pothula, Ralph J. DiLeone, Ronald S. Duman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08168-9