Perceived social support represents an important predictor of healthy aging. The global
COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the face of social relationships and revealed …

Effective conservation and management of threatened wildlife populations require an
accurate assessment of age structure to estimate demographic trends and population …

Experimental and clinical studies suggest that prenatal experiences may influence health
trajectories up to adulthood and high age. According to the hypothesis of developmental …

Pathological mechanisms contributing to Alzheimer's disease (AD) are still elusive. Here, we
identified the metabolic signatures of AD in human post-mortem brains. Using 1H NMR …

Important factors influencing the outcome of animal experiments in preclinical research are
often overlooked. In the current study, the reaction of female and male rats toward the …

Background Exposure to adverse experiences during pregnancy, such as a natural disaster,
can modify development of the child with potential long-term consequences. Elemental hair …

Prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) determines lifetime mental and physical health. Here, we
show in rats that PNMS has consequences for placental function and fetal brain …

Prenatal stress alters fetal programming, potentially predisposing the ensuing offspring to
long-term adverse health outcomes. To gain insight into environmental influences on fetal …

Moral injury is a psychological wound resulting from deep-rooted traumatic experiences that
corrode an individual's sense of humanity, ethical compass, and internal value system …

Metabolic risk factors are among the most common causes of noncommunicable diseases,
and stress critically contributes to metabolic risk. In particular, social isolation during …