Together these results with aforementioned findings of increased expression of VGLUT1 in the CeA in SNL-induced anxiety rats, we suggest that the reduction GABAergic neurons in the CeA is probably due to alteration of neuronal properties (e.g. shift from GABAergic neuron to pyramidal neuron) rather than apoptosis of GABAergic cells. Here, SLC17A7 is linked to Anxiety.