Physiological stress can be defined as any external or internal condition that challenges the
homeostasis of a cell or an organism. It can be divided into three different aspects …

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) refers to a group of heterogeneous neurodevelopmental
disorders that are unified by impairments in reciprocal social communication and a pattern of …

Most candidate genes and genetic abnormalities linked to autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
are thought to play a role in developmental and experience‐dependent plasticity. As a …

In recent years, several theories have been proposed in attempts to identify the neural
mechanisms underlying successful cognitive aging. Old subjects show increased neural …

Purpose: Even after a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) symptoms may be long lasting and
never resolve completely. The neurophysiologic substrate for such lasting deficits remains …

Behavioral consequences of a brain insult represent an interaction between the injury and
the capacity of the rest of the brain to adapt to it. We provide experimental support for the …

Gillick BT, Zirpel L. Neuroplasticity: an appreciation from synapse to system. OBJECTIVE: To
integrate our functional knowledge in neurorehabilitation with a greater understanding of …

The last several decades has seen a dramatic influx in the desire for and research exploring
neuroenhancement (the betterment of human cognition and/or behavior via the direct …

Swallowing is a complex sensorimotor behaviour that includes precisely-timed bilateral
activation and relaxation of muscles of the face, lips, tongue, cheeks, palate, larynx, pharynx …

Cognitive functions remain plastic in older age. However, they tend to decline with
advancing age, even though this does not apply to all functions to the same degree or at the …