The brain is the key organ of stress reactivity, coping, and recovery processes. Within the
brain, a distributed neural circuitry determines what is threatening and thus stressful to the …

Recent evidence suggests that neuronal plasticity plays an important role in the recovery
from depression. Antidepressant drugs and electroconvulsive shock treatment increase the …

Music is capable of evoking exceptionally strong emotions and of reliably affecting the mood
of individuals. Functional neuroimaging and lesion studies show that music-evoked …

Proinflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1β, have been implicated in the cellular and
behavioral effects of stress and in mood disorders, although the downstream signaling …

Neurotrophic factors are critical regulators of the formation and plasticity of neuronal
networks. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is abundant in the brain and periphery …

Obesity is a growing global health problem that contributes to diabetes, hypertension,
cardiovascular diseases, dementia, and cancer. The increased consumption of saturated …

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis, a once unorthodox concept, has changed into one of the
most rapidly growing fields in neuroscience. The present report results from the ECNP …

The continuous incorporation of new neurons in the dentate gyrus of the adult hippocampus
raises exciting questions about memory and learning, and has inspired new computational …

Imaging studies have consistently documented hippocampal volume reductions in
depression. Although depressive disorders are traditionally considered to have a …

High prolactin during pregnancy, which is essential for normal postpartum maternal
behavior, increases neurogenesis in the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle (SVZ) of …