The role of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in the pathogenesis of mood disorders and addiction: combining preclinical evidence with human Positron Emission Tomography (PET) studies
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- Terbeck, Sylvia University of Plymouth, UK
- Akkus, Funda University of Bern, Switzerland
- Chesterman, Laurence P. The Ansel Clinic Nottingham, UK
- Hasler, Gregor ORCID [University of Firbourg] ; University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2015
Published in:
- Frontiers in Neuroscience. - Lausanne : Frontiers Media SA. - 2015, vol. 9, p. 1-10
English
In the present review, we deliver an overview of the involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) activity and density in pathological anxiety, mood disorders and addiction. Specifically, we will describe mGluR5 studies in humans that employed Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and combined the findings with preclinical animal research. This combined view of different methodological approaches-from basic neurobiological approaches to human studies-might give a more comprehensive and clinically relevant view of mGluR5 function in mental health than the view on preclinical data alone. We will also review the current research data on mGluR5 along the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). Firstly, we found evidence of abnormal glutamate activity related to the positive and negative valence systems, which would suggest that antagonistic mGluR5 intervention has prominent anti-addictive, anti-depressive and anxiolytic effects. Secondly, there is evidence that mGluR5 plays an important role in systems for social functioning and the response to social stress. Finally, mGluR5's important role in sleep homeostasis suggests that this glutamate receptor may play an important role in RDoC's arousal and modulatory systems domain. Glutamate was previously mostly investigated in non-human studies, however initial human clinical PET research now also supports the hypothesis that, by mediating brain excitability, neuroplasticity and social cognition, abnormal metabotropic glutamate activity might predispose individuals to a broad range of psychiatric problems.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Master en médecine
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Pathology, clinical medicine
- License
- CC BY
- Open access status
- gold
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.3389/fnins.2015.00086
- ISSN 1662-453X
- ISSN 1662-4548
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/327576
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