Improvement of PTSD-like behavior by the forgetting effect of hippocampal neurogenesis enhancer memantine in a social defeat stress paradigm

Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder associated with memories of traumatic experiences. Recent studies have shown that the forgetting of contextual fear memory is promoted via increased adult hippocampal neurogenesis induced by neurogenesis enhancers, such as mema...

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Main Authors: Rie Ishikawa, Chiaki Uchida, Shiho Kitaoka, Tomoyuki Furuyashiki, Satoshi Kida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Molecular Brain
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13041-019-0488-6