NeuroscienceNeurobiology of StressPeer-reviewed
Acute stress impairs sensorimotor gating via the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in the prefrontal cortex
Roberto Cadeddu, Laura J. Mosher, Peter Nordkild…·Marco Bortolato
This study shows acute stress impairs sensorimotor gating by increasing allopregnanolone in the prefrontal cortex, which can be reversed by blocking allopregnanolone.