Early-life Photoperiod Influences Depression-like Behavior, Prepulse Inhibition of the Acoustic Startle Response, and Hippocampal Astrogenesis in Mice.

Environmental factors during early life stages affect behavioral and physiological phenotypes in adulthood. We examined the effect of photoperiods during development on neurogenesis and affective behaviors during adolescence/adulthood using C57BL/6J mice. Mice were born and raised until weaning under long-day conditions (LDs) or short-day conditions (SDs), followed by a 12L12D cycle until adulthood.

D-serine in glia and neurons derives from 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase.

d-Serine is an endogenous ligand for NMDARs generated from l-serine by the enzyme serine racemase (Srr). Both neuronal and glial localizations have been reported for d-serine and Srr. 3-Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase is an exclusively astrocytic enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step of l-serine biosynthesis.