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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2023

The neural circuits and molecular mechanisms underlying fear dysregulation in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Javed Iqbal, Geng-Di Huang, Yan-Xue Xue, Mei Yang, Xiao-Jian Jia

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. ICER-Controlled inhibitory plasticity of amygdala engram neurons regulates fear memory precision.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  10. Investigational drugs in PTSD.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  15. [Electroacupuncture improves post-traumatic stress disorder in rats by alleviating hippocampal mitochondrial injuryNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2025
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  18. Endocannabinoids inhibit contextual fear memory generalization via hippocampal GABAergic synaptic transmission.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Javed IqbalShenzhen Graduate School, Peking University Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Geng-Di HuangShenzhen Graduate School, Peking University Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Yan-Xue XueNational Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Mei YangDepartment of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Precision Psychiatric Technology, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Xiao-Jian JiaDepartment of Addiction Medicine, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Precision Psychiatric Technology, Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Shenzhen Mental Health Center; Clinical College of Mental Health, Shenzhen University Health Science Center; Affiliated Mental Health Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Shenzhen University Health Science Center · CNNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control · CNShenzhen KangNing Hospital · CNSouthern University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a stress-associated complex and debilitating psychiatric disorder due to an imbalance of neurotransmitters in response to traumatic events or fear. PTSD is characterized by re-experiencing, avoidance behavior, hyperarousal, negative emotions, insomnia, personality changes, and memory problems following exposure to severe trauma. However, the biological mechanisms and symptomatology underlying this disorder are still largely unknown or poorly understood. Considerable evidence shows that PTSD results from a dysfunction in highly conserved brain systems involved in regulating stress, anxiety, fear, and reward circuitry. This review provides a contemporary update about PTSD, including new data from the clinical and preclinical literature on stress, PTSD, and fear memory consolidation and extinction processes. First, we present an overview of well-established laboratory models of PTSD and discuss their clinical translational value for finding various treatments for PTSD. We then highlight the research progress on the neural circuits of fear and extinction-related behavior, including the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala. We further describe different molecular mechanisms, including GABAergic, glutamatergic, cholinergic, and neurotropic signaling, responsible for the structural and functional changes during fear acquisition and fear extinction processes in PTSD.

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amygdalahippocampusneural circuitryposttraumatic stress disorderprefrontal cortex

Identifiers

PMID38116070
PMCPMC10728304
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