Electroacupuncture alleviated depression-like behaviors in ventromedial prefrontal cortex of chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced rats: Increasing synaptic transmission and phosphorylating dopamine transporter.

Xiaowen CaiMei WuZhinan ZhangHuacong LiuShengtao HuangJia SongSiqiang Ren Yong Huang

Published in: CNS neuroscience & therapeutics (2023)

We speculated that the antidepressant effect of EA was associated with enhanced synaptic transmission in vmPFC, and the upregulated phosphorylation of DAT relevant to TAAR1, cAMP, and PKA may be the potential mechanism.

Keyphrases

prefrontal cortex
stress induced
protein kinase
major depressive disorder
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
neuropathic pain
binding protein
spinal cord
drug induced
bipolar disorder
brain injury
spinal cord injury