The last decade has witnessed an exponentially growing interest in gut microbiota and the
gut-brain axis in health and disease. Accumulating evidence from preclinical and clinical …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder and a major
cause of disability worldwide. This neurological condition is commonly associated with …

Environmental enrichment (EE) increases levels of novelty and complexity, inducing
enhanced sensory, cognitive and motor stimulation. In wild‐type rodents, EE has been found …

There is increasing evidence of prodromal manifestation of neuropsychiatric symptoms in a
variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and Huntington's …

Environmental enrichment of laboratory animals influences brain plasticity, stimulates
neurogenesis, increases neurotrophic factor expression, and protects against the effects of …

This review will provide an overview of the non-drug based approaches that have been
demonstrated to enhance cognitive function of the compromised brain, primarily focussed on …

Abstract Environmental enrichment (“EE”) is expected to alleviate the negative effects of
stress on cognitive performance. However, there are complexities associated with …

The brain's life-long capacity for experience-dependent plasticity allows adaptation to new
environments or to changes in the environment, and to changes in internal brain states such …

Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease that is
caused by expansion of cytosine/adenosine/guanine repeats in the huntingtin (HTT) gene …

Unlike many other neurodegenerative diseases with established gene–environment
interactions, Huntington's disease (HD) is viewed as a disorder governed by genetics. The …