Repeated Isoflurane Exposures Impair Long-Term Potentiation and Increase Basal GABAergic Activity in the Basolateral Amygdala

After surgery requiring general anesthesia, patients often experience emotional disturbances, but it is unclear if this is due to anesthetic exposure. In the present study, we examined whether isoflurane anesthesia produces long-term pathophysiological alterations in the basolateral amygdala (BLA),...

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Published in:Neural Plasticity
Main Authors: Robert P. Long II, Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska, Eric M. Prager, Volodymyr I. Pidoplichko, Taiza H. Figueiredo, Maria F. M. Braga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8524560