Plasticity is an intrinsic property of the central nervous system, reflecting its capacity to
respond in a dynamic manner to the environment and experience via modification of neural …

Introduction Under specific conditions, a weak lead stimulus, or “prepulse”, can inhibit the
startling effects of a subsequent intense abrupt stimulus. This startle-inhibiting effect of the …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

Many common psychiatric conditions, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Parkinson's disease, addiction and …

Male rats received normal chow or high-fat diets rich in dextrose (HFD) or sucrose (HFS).
Half of the rats received 90-day unrestricted access to their diet prior to training, whereas the …

Pannexin 1 (Panx1) represents a class of vertebrate membrane channels, bearing
significant sequence homology with the invertebrate gap junction proteins, the innexins and …

Schizophrenia is mostly a progressive psychiatric illness. Although cognitive changes in
chronic schizophrenia have been investigated, little is known about the consequences of a …

The growth and organization of the developing brain are known to be influenced by
hormones, but little is known about whether disruption of hormones affects cortical regions …

There is a general view that early brain damage leads to a far better outcome than damage
later in life. Although there is a grain of truth to this idea, the reality is far more complex. We …

Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle response is a measure of sensorimotor gating that is
impaired in schizophrenia and in many other clinical conditions. Rat models using …