Predation risk is an important environmental factor for animal populations, expected to
trigger maternal effects to prepare offspring for living in an environment with predators. Yet …

Juvenile social play behavior is one of the earliest sexually differentiated behaviors to
emerge. In rats, as with most other species that play, males engage in more rough-and …

Environmental factors have long-lasting effects on brain development and behavior. One
way experiences are propagated is via epigenetic modifications to the genome …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is an important neurotrophin involved in an
integration of the brain activity in physiological and pathological conditions, with formation of …

During embryonic development, regulation of gene expression is key to creating the many
subtypes of cells that an organism needs throughout its lifetime. Recent work has shown that …

In the present study, we asked if the different types of stress alter neuronal plasticity markers
distinctively in the frontal cortex (FCx) and in the hippocampus (Hp). To do so, we …

The roles of diet and environment on health have been known since ancient times. Cancer
is both a genetic and an epigenetic disease and a complex interplay mechanism of genetic …

Maternal adversity and fetal glucocorticoid exposure has long-term effects on
cardiovascular, metabolic and behavioral systems in offspring that can persist throughout …

Stress inoculation has been proved to induce active coping behaviors to subsequent stress.
However, the specific neural mechanisms underlying this effect remain unclear. In this study …

Neurological dysfunctions commonly occur after mild or moderate traumatic brain injury
(TBI). Although most TBI patients recover from such a dysfunction in a short period of time …