Modulation of fear-related behaviors by prefrontal cortical GABAergic transmission and its relevance to schizophrenia

Individuals with schizophrenia are hypothesized to have a “noisy” prefrontal cortex (PFC), resulting from deficient gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) inhibitory neurotransmission. Given that the PFC regulates emotional functioning, it is possible that neuropathological alterations in PFC GABA function...

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Main Author: Piantadosi, Patrick Thomas
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44818