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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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44818 |