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ArticleAnnals of medicine2025

GABA

Tong Wu, Xiao-Yu Sun, Jing Cao, Kun Tong, Jing-Ru Hao, Nan Sun, Can Gao

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. GABAFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Tong WuNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Xiao-Yu SunNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Jing CaoNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Kun TongNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Jing-Ru HaoNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Nan SunNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Can GaoNMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClinical observations have shown that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression is reduced in patients with impaired cognitive function after anaesthesia and surgery. Abnormal epigenetic changes may contribute to this condition. The role of the GABAergic system, which is crucial in anaesthetic mechanisms and cognitive function, requires further investigation to determine whether it affects BDNF epigenetic regulation and cognitive outcomes. MATERIALS AND

methodsExperiments employed a mouse model perioperative neurocognitive disorder (PND) that comprised laparotomy under isoflurane inhalation anaesthesia. Mice were subjected to behavioural assessments, including the Y-maze and novel object recognition tests for cognitive function and molecular analyses (quantitative polymerase chain reaction, qPCR) and methylation-specific PCR to assess BDNF expression and epigenetic modifications. GABA

resultsAged mice in the PND model had reduced BDNF expression in hippocampal neurons. BDNF protein reduction was linked to increased methylation of the

conclusionsThis study emphasizes the vital interaction between the GABAergic system and the epigenetic control of

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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCognitive DysfunctionHippocampusPostoperative Cognitive ComplicationsReceptors, GABA-BAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticIsofluraneMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLBdnf protein, mouseBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorIsofluraneReceptors, GABA-Banaesthesia and surgerybrain-derived neurotrophic factorepigenetic methylationGABAergicperioperative neurocognitive disorder

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