A maternal high-fat diet affects offspring neurodevelopment with long-term consequences on
their brain health and behavior. During the past three decades, obesity has rapidly …

Animal models are extremely useful tools in defining pathogenesis and treatment of human
disease. Creating adequate animal models of complex neuropsychiatric disorders such as …

The effects of the adaptive immune system on the cognitive performance and abnormal
behaviors seen in mental disorders such as schizophrenia have never been documented …

Animal models play a central role in all areas of biomedical research. The process of animal
model building, development and evaluation has rarely been addressed systematically …

Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia are among the core symptoms of the disease, correlate
with functional outcome, and are not well treated with current antipsychotic therapies. In …

Summary Neuregulin-1 (NRG1) signaling participates in numerous neurodevelopmental
processes. Through linkage analysis, nrg1 has been associated with schizophrenia …

Environmental enrichment (EE) has been shown to have powerful beneficial effects on a
variety of physiological and pathological processes. Accumulating evidence indicates that …

We examine the role of the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii as a manipulatory parasite and
question what role study of infections in its natural intermediate rodent hosts and other …

Tobacco smoking is an extremely addictive and harmful form of nicotine (NIC) consumption,
but unfortunately also the most prevalent. Although disproportionately high frequencies of …

It is known that negative environmental conditions increase vulnerability to drugs, whereas
little is known on whether positive environmental conditions such as enriched environments …