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- •Astrocytes in rACC contribute to the maintenance of stress-related VH.
- •Upregulated TSP1 and BDNF induced by astrocytic activation may mediate the effect of astrocytes on VH.
- •STAT1 is a downstream mediator of ERK signaling, resulting in VH via activating astrocytes.
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Conflict of interest statement: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 81974067), Shanghai Informatization Development Special project (202001003), Psychosomatic Medicine Project of Key Developing Disciplines of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (2019ZB0202). We declared that there was no conflict of interest in this study.