Exposure to stress during critical periods in development can have severe long-term
consequences, increasing overall risk on psychopathology. One of the key stress response …

Prenatal adverse environments, such as maternal stress, toxicological exposures, and viral
infections, can disrupt normal brain development and contribute to neurodevelopmental …

Parents' stressful experiences can influence an offspring's vulnerability to many pathological
conditions, including psychopathologies, and their effects may even endure for several …

Epigenetics plays an important role in orchestrating key biologic processes. Epigenetic
marks, including DNA methylation, histones, chromatin structure, and noncoding RNAs, are …

The increasing prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders, especially autism spectrum
disorders (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), calls for more research …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a critical member of the neurotrophic family, plays
an important role in multiple stress-related mental disorders. Although alterations in BDNF in …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder that affects behavior and impairs
cognition. A gene potentially important to this disorder is the brain derived neurotrophic …

Epigenetic mechanisms are implicated in the processes through which social stressors
erode health in humans and other animals. Here I review progress in elucidating the …

The field of molecular biology is advancing fast with new powerful technologies, sequencing
methods and analysis software being developed constantly. Commonly used tools originally …

Almost all animal species are engaged in predator-prey interactions. These interactions,
variable in time and space, favor the emergence and evolution of phenotypic plasticity …