Diazepam-Induced Increases of Synaptic Efficacy in the Hippocampal - Medial Prefrontal Cortex Pathway Are Associated With Its Anxiolytic-like Effect in Rats

• Main Authors: Hiroki Shikanai (Author), Takeshi Izumi (Author), Machiko Matsumoto (Author), Hiroko Togashi (Author), Taku Yamaguchi (Author), Takayuki Yoshida (Author), Mitsuhiro Yoshioka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract.: The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has recently been shown to be an important brain region for emotional function as well as cognitive ability. In previous experiments, we studied the population spike amplitude (PSA) in the mPFC induced by stimulation of the CA1/subicular region as an in...