Source Paper
Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour
Kay M. Tye, Julie J. Mirzabekov, Melissa R. Warden, Emily A. Ferenczi, Hsing-Chen Tsai et al.
Nature • 2012
Behavioral Assessment of Depression Symptoms
Objective: Measurement of multiple independent depression-like symptoms including hopelessness and anhedonia in stressed rodents using behavioral, pharmacological, optogenetic and electrophysiological methods
This is a Behavioral Assessment of Depression Symptoms protocol using rodents as the model organism. The procedure involves 4 procedural steps. Extracted from a 2012 paper published in Nature.
Model and subjects
rodents • Not specified • Not specified • Not specified • Not specified • Not specified
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Chronic Mild Stress Induction • Behavioral Assessment • Optogenetic Manipulation
Primary readouts
- Hopelessness symptoms
- Anhedonia symptoms
- Multiple independent depression-like symptoms
- Neural encoding of depression-related behaviors in nucleus accumbens
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Chronic Mild Stress Induction
Induce depression-like phenotypes in rodents through chronic mild stress protocol
Note: Chronic mild stress is used to generate multidimensional depression-like phenotypes
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“multidimensional depression-like phenotypes induced by chronic mild stress, by integrating behavioural, pharmacological, optogenetic and electrophysiological methods in freely moving rodents”
Behavioral Assessment
Measure multiple independent depression-like symptoms including hopelessness and anhedonia in stressed rodents
Note: Multiple independent depression symptoms are assessed
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“Major depression is characterized by diverse debilitating symptoms that include hopelessness and anhedonia”
Optogenetic Manipulation
Apply bidirectional control (inhibition or excitation) of specified midbrain dopamine neurons to modulate depression-related behaviors
Note: Bidirectional control immediately and bidirectionally modulates depression symptoms
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“bidirectional control (inhibition or excitation) of specified midbrain dopamine neurons immediately and bidirectionally modulates (induces or relieves) multiple independent depression symptoms”
Neural Encoding Analysis
Probe circuit implementation by measuring how optogenetic recruitment of dopamine neurons alters neural encoding of depression-related behaviors in nucleus accumbens
Note: Recording conducted in freely moving rodents
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“optogenetic recruitment of these dopamine neurons potently alters the neural encoding of depression-related behaviours in the downstream nucleus accumbens of freely moving rodents”