Brain cells are continuously exposed to corticosteroid hormones, although the levels vary
(eg, after stress). Corticosteroids alter neural activity via two receptor types …

At the psychological level, the notion that emotional events may be better remembered is a
long accepted view. Its translation into neurobiological mechanisms has led to the proposal …

Creating a healthy, social classroom environment. This book explains how the brain, as a
social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late …

Maternal licking and grooming (LG) in infancy influences stress responsiveness and
cognitive performance in the offspring. We examined the effects of variation in the frequency …

Background Maternal care is associated with long-term effects on behavior and epigenetic
programming of the NR3C1 (GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR) gene in the hippocampus of …

We have seen these children—the shy and the sociable, the cautious and the daring—and
wondered what makes one avoid new experience and another avidly pursue it. At the crux of …

Environmental enrichment (EE) was shown recently to accelerate brain development in
rodents. Increased levels of maternal care, and particularly tactile stimulation through licking …

Maternal care in the rat influences the development of cognitive function in the offspring
through neural systems known to mediate activity‐dependent synaptic plasticity. The …

Much research shows that early life manipulations have enduring behavioral, neural, and
hormonal effects. However, findings of learning and memory performance vary widely …

Postnatal manipulations such as brief (early handling, EH) and long, daily mother–offspring
separations (maternal separation, MS) in rats are used to study the mechanisms underlying …