Pathological fear and anxiety are highly debilitating and, despite considerable advances in
psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy they remain insufficiently treated in many patients with …

The L-type Cav1. 2 calcium channel is present throughout the animal kingdom and is
essential for some aspects of CNS function, cardiac and smooth muscle contractility …

The L-type calcium channels (LTCCs) Ca v 1.2 and Ca v 1.3, encoded by the CACNA1C
and CACNA1D genes, respectively, are important regulators of calcium influx into cells and …

Ayahuasca ingestion modulates brain activity, neurotransmission, gene expression and
epigenetic regulation. N, N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT, one of the alkaloids in Ayahuasca) …

Fear memory is a motivational system essential for organisms survival having a central role
in organization of defensive behaviors to threat. In the last years there has been a growing …

Memory processing requires tightly controlled signalling cascades, many of which are
dependent upon intracellular calcium (Ca2+). Despite this, most work investigating calcium …

Social play has been described in many animals. However, much of this social behaviour
among birds, particularly in adults, is still relatively unexplored in terms of the environmental …

Abstract Brain Cav1. 2 and Cav1. 3 L‐type Ca2+ channels play key physiological roles in
various neuronal processes that contribute to brain function. Genetic studies have recently …

Background There is considerable variation in psychological reactions to natural disasters,
with responses ranging from relatively mild and transitory symptoms to severe and persistent …

Resilience is broadly defined as the ability to maintain or regain functioning in the face of
adversity and is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. The identification of …