Neurodegeneration is a major cause of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, multiple and
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, dementia and other related brain …

Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent brain pathologies that represent an urgent, unmet
biomedical problem. Since reliable clinical diagnoses are essential for the treatment of …

Baicalein is a flavonoid mainly obtained from plants with wide range of biological activities,
including neuroprotection. An acute and unexpected chronic stress (UCS) protocol has …

Reproducibility in animal research is impacted by the environment, by husbandry practices
in the laboratory and by the animals' provenance. These factors, however, are often not …

With the abundance of chemicals in the environment that could potentially cause
neurodevelopmental deficits, there is a need for rapid testing and chemical screening …

Zebrafish larvae show a rapid increase in cortisol in response to acute stressors, followed by
a decline. While these responses are documented, both the duration of the refractory period …

Aquaculture procedures such as capturing, handling, and transporting fish can lead to stress
in animals. For this reason, anaesthesia has been recommended to reduce fish stress …

Chronic early life stress (ELS) potently impacts the developing central nervous and immune
systems and is associated with the onset of gastrointestinal disease in humans. Though the …

Exposure to excess glucocorticoid (GC) during early development is implicated in adult
dysfunctions. Reduced adult hippocampal neurogenesis is a well-known consequence of …

Mapping the eco-evolutionary factors shaping the development of animals' behavioural
phenotypes remains a great challenge. Recent advances in 'big behavioural data'research …