Sonia Afroz

Genetic Reduction of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Promotes Formation of Perineuronal Nets Around Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons and Normalizes Auditory Cortex Responses in Developing Fmr1 Knock-Out Mice

Teresa H. Wen, Sonia Afroz, Sarah M. Reinhard et al. · Cerebral Cortex · 2017 · 158 citations · Full text

Spontaneous Epileptiform Activity in Rat Neocortex after Controlled Cortical Impact Injury

Lie Yang, Sonia Afroz, Hillary B. Michelson et al. · Journal of Neurotrauma · 2010 · 81 citations

Traumatic Brain Injury, Peripheral Nerve, Neurological Injury +19

Synaptic pruning in the female hippocampus is triggered at puberty by extrasynaptic GABAA receptors on dendritic spines

Sonia Afroz, Julie Parato, Hui Shen et al. · eLife · 2016 · 65 citations · Full text

Extrasynaptic Gabaa Receptors, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Development +28

Reduced perineuronal net expression in Fmr1 KO mice auditory cortex and amygdala is linked to impaired fear-associated memory

Sarah M. Reinhard, Maham Rais, Sonia Afroz et al. · Neurobiology of Learning and Memory · 2019 · 34 citations · Full text

Neurobiological Mechanism, Cognitive Science, Molecular Neuroscience +12

α4βδ GABAA receptors reduce dendritic spine density in CA1 hippocampus and impair relearning ability of adolescent female mice: Effects of a GABA agonist and a stress steroid

Sonia Afroz, Hui Shen, Sheryl S. Smith · Neuroscience · 2017 · 19 citations · Full text

Synaptic Plasticity, α4βδ Gabaa Receptors, Brain Health +9