… Again, biologists have reported that man’s ability to talk is related to the gene FOXP2 and
that such genes have been found in the fossils of Neanderthal man. This can serve as a proof …

The general goal of the current dissertation is to understand how the brain, using contextual
cues present in emotional vocalizations, shapes reactions to such stimuli. Our overall …

… uncovered the speech gene FOXP2. Considered the “language gene,” FOXP2 has been
shown to play a role in acquiring grammar and syntax, developing language motor skills, and …

… The first locus that had been discovered by GWAS was located near genetic regions that
were involved in neurodevelopmental processes related to ADHD, including FOXP2, SORCS3, …

… of important genes for development of language, intelligence and other cognitive skills,
such as the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and forkhead box protein P2 (Foxp2) […

… Another piece of the puzzle is an upregulation, selectively in D2-MSNs of R6/2 and Q175
mice, of interferon-stimulated genes, which is accompanied by elevated levels of the double …

… Though our projects existed in parallel, many pieces of informal advice passed back and
forth between projects, and helped accelerate both of our papers. Parts of our subsequent work …

Two distinctive questions come together in this chapter. The first is the claim that “consciousness”
or “mind”(which Christians link with soul) could, theoretically, emerge from the …

Psychiatric therapeutics is facing a major crisis that originates from its limited efficacy and
dubious scientific credibility. Such a crisis requires a radical change in the paradigm that …

Stemness and apoptosis may highlight the dichotomy between regeneration and demise in
the complex pathway proceeding from ontogenesis to the end of life. In the last few years, the …