Preclinical Models of Overwhelming Sepsis Implicate the Neural System that Encodes Contextual Fear Memory

• Main Authors: Patricio T Huerta (Author), Sergio Robbiati (Author), Tomás S Huerta (Author), Anchal Sabharwal (Author), Roseann Berlin (Author), Maya Frankfurt (Author), Bruce T Volpe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Long-term sepsis survivors sustain cryptic brain injury that leads to cognitive impairment, emotional imbalance and Increased disability burden. Suitable animal models of sepsis, such as cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), have permitted the analysis of abnormal brain circuits that underlie...