Mental disorders are a significant cause of disability worldwide. They profoundly affect
individuals' well-being and impose a substantial financial burden on societies and …

In addition to genetic information, environmental factors play an important role in the
structure and function of nervous system and the occurrence and development of some …

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is a unique and exceptional process in the mammalian
brain that in a lifelong and activity-dependent way generates new excitatory principal …

Environmental enrichment (EE) is an environmental paradigm encompassing sensory,
cognitive, and physical stimulation at a heightened level. Previous studies have reported the …

Behavioral tests have three key elements:(1) a motivating factor (what motivates the animal
in the test);(2) an observable behavior (which behaviors we may expect the animal exhibits …

Personalized medicine intensifies interest in experimental paradigms that delineate sources
of phenotypic variation. The paradigm of environmental enrichment allows for comparisons …

In the adult dentate gyrus of the hippocampus there are neuronal stem cells that give rise to
immature neurons and subsequently to mature functional granule neurons. The rate of …

Aging is associated with a progressive decline of brain function, and the underlying causes
and possible interventions to prevent this cognitive decline have been the focus of intense …

The generation of new neurons in the adult brain is a currently accepted phenomenon. Over
the past few decades, the subventricular zone and the hippocampal dentate gyrus have …

Background Social behavior and social organization have major influences on individual
health and fitness. Yet, biomedical research focuses on studying a few genotypes under …