Abstract Objective. In 1998, Felitti and colleagues published the first study of the Adverse
Childhood Experiences-Questionnaire (ACE-Q), a 10-item scale used to correlate childhood …

More than one-third of American adults are obese and statistics are similar worldwide.
Caloric intake and diet composition have large and lasting effects on cognition and emotion …

The role of stress in the origin and development of depression may be conceived as the
result of multiple converging factors, including the chronic effect of environmental stressors …

Early life stress (ES) increases vulnerability to psychopathology and impairs cognition in
adulthood. These ES‐induced deficits are associated with lasting changes in hippocampal …

Chronic inflammatory diseases (autoimmunity, allergy and inflammatory bowel diseases)
are increasing in prevalence in urban communities in high-income countries. One important …

Exposure to environmental enrichment can beneficially influence the behavior and enhance
synaptic plasticity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediated effects of …

Altered hippocampal morphology and reduced volumes have been found in children born
preterm compared to full-term. Stress inhibits neurogenesis in the hippocampus, and …

Stress often occurs during toxicity studies. The perception of sensory stimuli as stressful
primarily results in catecholamine release and activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary …

In this perspective article, we reflect on the recent debate about the existence of human
neurogenesis and discuss direct, and also indirect, support for the ongoing formation, and …

Early-life stress lastingly affects adult cognition and increases vulnerability to
psychopathology, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. In this Opinion article, we …