Histone acetylation, a type of chromatin modification that allows increased gene
transcription and can be pharmacologically promoted by histone deacetylase (HDAC) …

The Handbook of Stress and the Brain focuses on the impact of stressful events on the
functioning of the central nervous system; how stress affects molecular and cellular …

Learning active or reactive responses to fear involves different brain circuitry. This study
examined how the nuclus accumbens (NAc), dorsal hippocampus (DH) and medial …

In this study, the authors tested the hypothesis that the basolateral amygdala (BLA),
orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), nucleus accumbens core (NA-core), and the extended …

Cooperative peer play emerges in the second year of life. How applicable is Preston & de
Waal's (P&deW's) model to the empathic processes in cooperative play? Empathic …

It is well established that glucocorticoid hormones strengthen the consolidation of long-term
memory of emotionally arousing experiences but have little effect on memory of low …

This study investigated glucocorticoid–dopaminergic interactions in modulating retrieval of
long-term memory in an inhibitory avoidance task. Young adult male rats were trained in one …

The present study investigates the relationships between hippocampal corticosterone
concentrations and memory retrieval performance in stress and non-stress conditions, in …

Neurophysiological studies in monkeys and neuroimaging studies in humans support a
model of empathy according to which there exists a shared code between perception and …

Nucleus accumbens (NAcc) core lesions were performed either before or after Pavlovian
aversive conditioning. NAcc core lesions had no effect on discrete-cue or contextual …