Learning that certain cues or environments predict threat enhances survival by promoting
appropriate fear and the resulting defensive responses. Adapting to changing stimulus …

The existence of specific binding sites for benzodiazepines (BZs) in the brain has prompted
the search for endogenous BZ receptor ligands designated by the generic term …

Synaptic potentiation underlies various forms of behavior and depends on modulation by
multiple activity-dependent transcription factors to coordinate the expression of genes …

Tumors employ various strategies to evade immune surveillance. Central nervous system
(CNS) has multiple features to restrain immune response. Whether tumors and CNS share …

Glial cells have emerged as key players in the central control of energy balance and etiology
of obesity. Astrocytes play a central role in neural communication via the release of …

Members of the large multigene family of acyl-CoA binding domain containing proteins
(ACBDs) share a conserved motif required for binding of Coenzyme A esterified fatty acids of …

Four decades ago Costa and colleagues identified a small, secreted polypeptide in the brain
that can displace the benzodiazepine diazepam from the GABA A receptor, and was thus …

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) often causes cognitive impairment, especially a decline in
spatial memory. Reductions in spatial memory and learning are also common in rodent …

Introduction: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the pathologies that the scientific world is
still desperate for. The aim of this study was the investigation of diazepam binding inhibitor …

Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that NMDA receptor (NMDAR)
hypofunction appears centrally involved. Schizophrenia typically emerges in adolescence or …