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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
49
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
Anxiety is among the most prevalent and costly diseases of the CNS, but its underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Although attenuated theta rhythms have been observed in human subjects with increased anxiety, no study has been done on the possible physiological link between these two manifestations. We found that the mutant mouse for phospholipase C beta 4 (PLC-beta 4(-/-)) showed attenuated theta rhythm and increased anxiety, presenting the first animal model for the human condition. PLC-beta 4 is abundantly expressed in the medial septum, a region implicated in anxiety behavior. RNA interference-mediated PLC-beta 4 knockdown in the medial septum produced a phenotype similar to that of PLC-beta 4(-/-) mice. Furthermore, increasing cholinergic signaling by administering an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor cured the anomalies in both cholinergic theta rhythm and anxiety behavior observed in PLC-beta 4(-/-) mice. These findings suggest that (1) PLC-beta 4 in the medial septum is involved in controlling cholinergic theta oscillation and (2) cholinergic theta rhythm plays a critical role in suppressing anxiety. We propose that defining the cholinergic theta rhythm profile may provide guidance in subtyping anxiety disorders in humans for more effective diagnosis and treatments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15375-85
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Acetylcholine, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Anxiety, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Cholinesterase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Gene Knockdown Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Inverted Repeat Sequences, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Phenylcarbamates, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Phospholipase C beta, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Septum of Brain, pubmed-meshheading:20007462-Theta Rhythm
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Phospholipase C beta 4 in the medial septum controls cholinergic theta oscillations and anxiety behaviors.
pubmed:affiliation
Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea, Center for Neural Science, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't