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ArticleCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2020

Disruption of the GABAergic system contributes to the development of perioperative neurocognitive disorders after anesthesia and surgery in aged mice.

Wen Zhang, Bing-Rui Xiong, Long-Qing Zhang, Xian Huang, Wen-Chang Zhou, Qian Zou, Anne Manyande, Jie Wang, Xue-Bi Tian, Yu-Ke Tian

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Article in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Wen ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Bing-Rui XiongDepartment of Anesthesiology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Long-Qing ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xian HuangDepartment of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine and Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wen-Chang ZhouDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Qian ZouDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Anne ManyandeSchool of Human and Social Sciences, University of West London, London, United Kingdom.
Jie WangState Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2997-3450
Xue-Bi TianDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0624-6816
Yu-Ke TianDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Tongji Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNUniversity of West London · GBWuhan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsPerioperative neurocognitive disorders (PND) are associated with cognitive impairment in the preoperative or postoperative period, and neuroinflammation is thought to be the most important mechanisms especially during the postoperative period. The GABAergic system is easily disrupted by neuroinflammation. This study investigated the impact of the GABAergic system on PND after anesthesia and surgery.

methodsAn animal model of laparotomy with inhalation anesthesia in 16-month-old mice was addressed. Effects of the GABAergic system were assessed using biochemical analysis. Pharmacological blocking of α5GABA

resultsAfter laparotomy, the hippocampus-dependent memory and long-term potentiation were impaired, the levels of IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α up-regulated in the hippocampus, the concentration of GABA decreased, and the protein levels of the surface α5GABA

conclusionsAnesthesia and surgery caused neuroinflammation in the hippocampus, which consequently disrupted the GABAergic system, increased the expressions of surface α5GABA

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AnesthesiaAnimalsFemaleGABAergic NeuronsHippocampusImidazolesLaparotomyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPostoperative Cognitive ComplicationsPyridinesReceptors, GABA-AGabra5 protein, mouseImidazolesL 655,708PyridinesReceptors, GABA-ASB 203580GABAergic systemmitogen-activated protein kinaseneuroinflammationperioperative neurocognitive disordersα5GABAA receptors

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