To investigate the regulatory role of glutamatergic neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in the antidepressant effects of esketamine. A total of 150 male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into 15 groups (n=10). The mice subjected to the chronic restraint stress (CRS), and those exhibiting depressive-like behaviors following CRS received either esketamine or saline treatment, and...
Although the brain areas in the default-mode network (DMN) act in a coordinated way during rest, the activity levels in the individual areas of the DMN are highly heterogeneous. The relation between the activity levels and the pattern of causal interaction among the DMN areas remains unknown. In the present fMRI study, seven nodes of the DMN were identified and their activity levels were...