Environmental enrichment (EE) housing paradigms have long been shown beneficial for
brain function involving neural growth and activity, learning and memory capacity, and for …

Environmental enrichment (EE) produces a remarkable degree of structural and functional
plasticity in the hippocampus and possible mediators of these changes, such as …

Environmental enrichment (EE) dynamically regulates gene expression and synaptic
plasticity with positive consequences on behavior. The present study was performed on field …

Abstract 'You can't roll the clock back and reverse the effects of experiences' Bruce McEwen
used to say when explaining how allostasis labels the adaptive process. Here we will for …

Stressful events are known to have a long-term impact on future behavioral stress
responses. Previous studies suggested that both glucocorticoid hormones and glutamate …

Many of the behavioral consequences of stress are mediated by the activation of the
glucocorticoid receptor by stress-induced high levels of glucocorticoid hormones. To explore …

Epigenetic mechanisms are processes at the level of the chromatin that control the
expression of genes but their role in neuro-immuno-endocrine communication is poorly …

Stress exposure can produce profound changes in physiology and behavior that can impair
health and well-being. Of note, stress exposure is linked to anxiety disorders and depression …

Environmental enrichment (EE) is an experimental animal model that enhances an animal's
opportunity to interact with sensory, motor, and social stimuli, compared to standard …

Strong psychologically stressful events are known to have a long-lasting impact on behavior.
The consolidation of such, largely adaptive, behavioral responses to stressful events …