British journal of anaesthesia
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Surgery can induce severe neuroinflammation and negative emotional symptoms, such as anxiety-like behaviour. We studied whether reactive astrocytes in the zona incerta (ZI) mediate surgery-induced anxiety in mice. ⋯ Reactive astrocytes in the zona incerta mediate surgery-induced anxiety, possibly by regulating GAT-3-mediated GABA homeostasis and inactivating ZIGABA→median raphe nucleus projections in mice.