Maneuvering safely through the environment is central to survival of almost all species. The
ability to do this depends on learning and remembering locations. This capacity is encoded …

Improvements in health care have greatly increased life span in the United States. The focus
is now shifting from physical well-being to improvement in mental well-being or maintenance …

Three defining clinical symptoms of autism are aberrant reciprocal social interactions,
deficits in social communication, and repetitive behaviors, including motor stereotypies and …

Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a pleiotropic, proinflammatory cytokine related to different
neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although the linkage …

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 …

The assessment of learning and memory in animal models has been widely employed in
scientific research for a long time. Among these models, those representing diseases with …

Nearby neurons in mammalian neocortex demonstrate a great diversity of cell types and
connectivity patterns. The importance of this diversity for computation is not understood …

Recent advances in the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying
Alzheimer's disease have pointed to novel strategies for drug development. Animal models …

Introduction: Memory is defined as the ability to store, maintain and retrieve information.
Learning is the acquisition of information that changes behavior and memory. Stress …

Sex and gender differences are seen in cognitive disturbances in a variety of neurological
and psychiatry diseases. Men are more likely to have cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia …