Reduced GABAergic inhibition in the basolateral amygdala and the development of anxiety-like behaviors after mild traumatic brain injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Almeida Suhett, Camila P ^a   Prager, Eric M ^a   Pidoplichko, Volodymyr ^a   Figueiredo, Taiza H ^a   Marini, Ann M ^a   Li, Zheng ^a,b   Eiden, Lee E ^a,b   Braga, Maria F M ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; BRAIN INJURIES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84904568525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102627     Document Type: Article

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