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| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Benzodiazepine

Long-term diazepam treatment enhances microglial spine engulfment and impairs cognitive performance via the mitochondrial 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO). 

Long-term diazepam treatment enhances microglial spine engulfment and impairs cognitive performance via the mitochondrial 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO). 

Shi Y, Cui M, Ochs K, Brendel M, Strübing FL, Briel N, Eckenweber F, Zou C, Banati RB, Liu GJ, Middleton RJ, Rupprecht R, Rudolph U, Zeilhofer HU, Rammes G, Herms J, Dorostkar MM. 

Nat Neurosci. 2022 Mar;25(3):317-329. doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01013-9. Epub 2022 Feb 28. PMID: 35228700.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-022-01013-9