Astrocytes on steroids binge on synapses to cope with stress.

Immunity
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Abstract

Many mechanisms by which stress mediates its effects within the central nervous system still remain unknown. Byun, Kim, Kim et al. find that early-life stress triggers corticosterone release to drive astrocyte-dependent synapse elimination and altered behavior. Thus, this work defines a steroid-sensitive astrocyte transcriptional circuit controlling behavior, highlighting how the study of CNS immunoregulation may shed light on behavior.

Year of Publication
2023
Journal
Immunity
Volume
56
Issue
9
Pages
1983-1985
Date Published
09/2023
ISSN
1097-4180
DOI
10.1016/j.immuni.2023.08.013
PubMed ID
37703827
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