Rapid Estrogen Signaling in Brain Circuits that Guide Complex Behavior

大脑回路中快速的雌激素信号传导指导复杂的行为

基本信息

批准号：
9047322
负责人：
LUKE R REMAGE-HEALEY
金额：
$ 34.27万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2014-04-01 至 2019-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9047322
关键词：
Accounting Acute Address Adverse effects Agonist Alzheimer&apos s Disease Animals Auditory Behavior Behavior assessment Behavioral Biomedical Research Blood Circulation Brain Brain Diseases Brain Injuries Brain region Clinical Clinical Treatment Cognition Disorders Complex Coupled Data Development Discrimination Disease Progression Dose Estrogen Therapy Estrogens Event Functional disorder Genetic Transcription Goals Health Human Impaired cognition Link Measures Membrane Memory Methods Microdialysis Mission Neural Pathways Neuraxis Neurons Outcome Parkinson Disease Parkinson&apos s Dementia Patients Perception Pharmacotherapy Positioning Attribute Prevention Production Property Prosencephalon Public Health Recovery Regulator Genes Research Resolution Sensory Signal Pathway Signal Transduction Signaling Molecule Stimulus Stroke Synaptic plasticity System Testing Time Translating United States National Institutes of Health Work awake cognitive function compliance behavior design estrogenic extracellular in vivo interest medication compliance nervous system disorder neural circuit neuronal circuitry novel therapeutics programs receptor relating to nervous system steroid hormone success targeted treatment therapy design transmission process treatment strategy

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Estrogens are a class of steroid hormones that can aid recovery from brain injury and reduce the impact of certain neurological disorders. Recently, the central nervous system of humans and other animals has been shown capable of generating its own local supply of estrogens, providing new opportunities for the targeted treatment of brain diseases. Historically, the clinical use of estrogens has produced mixed success, possibly because estrogenic drug treatments are designed to mimic long term actions of estrogens (days-weeks) whereas cognitive function may depend critically on the short-term actions of estrogens (seconds-minutes). Indeed, treating neurological disorders with systemic doses of estrogens is associated with adverse side effects and reduced patient compliance. The goal of this research program is to characterize the mechanisms for rapid estrogen production and action ('rapid estrogen signaling') within discrete brain regions, and to understand the consequences of these events for sensorimotor integration and behavior. Taking advantage of recent methodological advances, these studies will combine sensitive real-time measures of brain estrogen concentrations, acute recordings of identified neurons, and contemporary behavioral assessments to understand the functional significance of rapid estrogen signaling in brain circuits. This work will address a fundamental gap in our understanding of how estrogen production within the brain guides complex behavior, and will ultimately inform the development of highly-targeted estrogen therapies for cognitive and neurological disorders.

描述（由申请人提供）：雌激素是一类类固醇激素，可以帮助从脑损伤中恢复并减少某些神经系统疾病的影响。最近，已经证明了人类和其他动物的中枢神经系统能够产生自己的局部雌激素供应，为靶向脑部疾病的靶向治疗提供了新的机会。从历史上看，雌激素的临床使用产生了混合的成功，这可能是因为雌激素药物治疗的设计旨在模仿雌激素（Days-weeks）的长期作用，而认知功能可能严重取决于雌激素的短期作用（秒钟）。实际上，用全身剂量的雌激素治疗神经系统疾病与不良副作用和患者依从性降低有关。该研究计划的目的是表征离散大脑区域内快速雌激素产生和作用（“快速雌激素信号传导”）的机制，并了解这些事件对感觉运动积分和行为的后果。利用最近的方法学进步，这些研究将结合脑雌激素浓度的敏感实时测量，确定的神经元的急性记录以及当代的行为评估，以了解脑电路中快速雌激素信号传导的功能意义。这项工作将解决我们对大脑中雌激素产生如何指导复杂行为的理解的根本差距，并最终为认知和神经系统疾病的高靶向雌激素疗法的发展提供了信息。