Air pollution impairs cognition, provokes depressive-like behaviors and alters hippocampal cytokine expression and morphology

LK Fonken, X Xu, ZM Weil, G Chen, Q Sun… - Molecular …, 2011 - nature.com
Particulate matter air pollution is a pervasive global risk factor implicated in the genesis of
pulmonary and cardiovascular disease. Although the effects of prolonged exposure to air …

[HTML][HTML] Illuminating the deleterious effects of light at night

LK Fonken, RJ Nelson - F1000 medicine reports, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Technological advances, while providing many benefits, often create circumstances that
differ from the conditions in which we evolved. With the wide-spread adoption of electrical …

Short day lengths alter stress and depressive-like responses, and hippocampal morphology in Siberian hamsters

JL Workman, N Manny, JC Walton, RJ Nelson - Hormones and Behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
Many psychological disorders comprise a seasonal component. For instance, seasonal
affective disorder (SAD) is characterized by depression during autumn and winter. Because …

Neuroanatomical screening and analysis of transgenic and ENU induced mutagenised mice

A Edwards - 2011 - ora.ox.ac.uk
I have sought to discover genetic causes of neuroanatomical defects by conducting N-ethyl-
N-nitrosourea mutagenesis and transgenic knock out screens in mice. The rationale behind …