【Abstract】 Objective To observe the changes of apoptosis and protein kinase B/the mammalian target of Rapamycin (Akt/mTOR) signal pathway in hippocampal neurons of rat with post-straumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and to investigate the mechanism of PTSD. Methods Sixty male adult SD rats were divided into control group (n=10) and PTSD (n=50) model group. The PTSD animal model was established by giving the rats single-prolonged stress followed a single inescapable electric foot shock (SPS & S). The neuronal apoptosis of hiappocampus of PTSD rats at 1 d, 4 d, 7 d, 14 d and 28 d after model established was detected by flow cytometry (FCM). The expressions of phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosome Ten (PTEN), phosphorylation of ARt and mTOR (p-Akt and p-mTOR) protein were detected by Western blotting. Results The apoptotic cell rate in PTSD 1 d, 4 d, 7 d and 14 d rats were higher than that in control rats (PPPP
