Increased Cortical Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Precedes Incomplete Extinction of Conditioned Fear and Increased Hippocampal Excitatory Tone in a Mouse Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1614-1624

  Schneider, Brandy L ^a,b   Ghoddoussi, Farhad ^b   Charlton, Jennifer L ^a,b   Kohler, Robert J ^c   Galloway, Matthew P ^b,c   Perrine, Shane A ^c   Conti, Alana C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fear conditioning; GABA; glutamate; post traumatic stress disorder; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REINFORCEMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CONCUSSION; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84984680033     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.4190     Document Type: Article

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