Long-term diazepam treatment enhances microglial spine engulfment and impairs cognitive performance via the mitochondrial 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO)
Yuan Shi, Mochen Cui, Katharina Ochs, Matthias Brendel, Felix Strübing, Nils Briel, Florian Eckenweber, Chengyu Zou, Richard B. Banati, Guo Jun Liu, Ryan J. Middleton, Rainer Rupprecht, Uwe Rudolph, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Gerhard Rammes, Jochen Herms, Mario M. Dorostkar
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Translocator proteinNeuroscienceSynaptic plasticityMicrogliaBenzodiazepineDendritic spineDiazepamCognitionAmygdalaMechanism (biology)AnxietyPsychologyMedicinePharmacologyReceptorInflammationPsychiatryInternal medicineHippocampal formationPhilosophyEpistemologyNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchAlzheimer's disease research and treatments