After questioning the practical significance of evidence that parenting influences brain
development–while highlighting the scientific importance of such work for understanding …

The provision of environmental enrichment (EE) for laboratory rats is recommended in
European guidelines governing laboratory animal welfare. It is believed the EE …

Multiple lines of evidence in schizophrenia, from brain imaging, studies in postmortem
brains, and genetic association studies, have implicated oligodendrocyte and myelin …

Most spiking neurons are divided into functional compartments: a dendritic input region, a
soma, a site of action potential initiation, an axon trunk and its collaterals for propagation of …

De novo hippocampal neurogenesis contributes to functional recovery following traumatic
brain injury (TBI). Enriched environment (EEN) can improve the outcome of TBI by positively …

(Headache 2011; 51: 869‐879) Migraine and maltreatment are both common conditions that
are more prevalent in women. Epidemiological evidence supports an association between …

Early life neglect is an important public health problem which can lead to lasting
psychological dysfunction. Good animal models are necessary to understand the …

Using the fractionator principle, the total number, density and diameter size of myelinated
callosal fibers were estimated in the corpus callosum (CC) of 10 Danish males between 39 …

Twin studies are one of the most powerful study designs for estimating the relative
contribution of genetic and environmental influences on phenotypic variation inhuman brain …

Mielina é uma estrutura formada por uma membrana lipídica rica em glicofosfolipídeos e
colesterol, e recobre os axônios facilitando a rápida comunicação entre os neurônios. Os …