Dream experience (DE) represents a fascinating condition linked to emotional processes
and the human inner world. Although the overlap between REM sleep and dreaming has …

Investigators since Freud have appreciated that memories of the people, places, activities
and emotions of daily life are reflected in dreams but are typically so fragmented that their …

Associating temporally discontinuous elements is crucial for the formation of episodic and
working memories that depend on the hippocampal-entorhinal network. However, the neural …

NMDA receptors (NMDARs) are key mediators of certain forms of synaptic plasticity and
learning. NMDAR complexes are heteromers composed of an obligatory GluN1 subunit and …

Schizophrenia is characterized by reduced hippocampal volume, decreased dendritic spine
density, altered neuroplasticity signaling pathways, and cognitive deficits associated with …

Deficiency in fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) results in fragile X syndrome (FXS),
an inherited form of intellectual disability. Despite extensive research, it is unclear how …

Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit amyloid‐β (Aβ) accumulation
and related cognitive impairments. Although deficits in hippocampus‐dependent place …

Synaptic plasticity, which is the neuronal substrate for many forms of hippocampus-
dependent learning, is attenuated by GABA type A receptor (GABAAR)-mediated inhibition …

Active and passive avoidance behaviors involve either emitting or omitting a response to
avoid potential harm. Both are key components in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety …

Trace fear conditioning is a learning task that requires the association of an auditory
conditioned stimulus (CS) and a shock unconditioned stimulus (US) that are separated by a …