BACKGROUND: Gene-environment interactions (GEI) are involved in the pathogenesis of
mental diseases. We evaluated interaction between mutant human disrupted-in-…

The 2017 American College of Neuropychopharmacology (ACNP) conference hosted a
Study Group on 4 December 2017, Establishing best practice guidelines to improve the rigor, …

Previous studies using in vitro cell culture systems have shown the role of the dynamin-related
GTPase Opa1 in apoptosis prevention and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) maintenance. …

Schizophrenia is a condition that impairs higher brain functions, some of which are specific
to humans. After identification of susceptibility genes for schizophrenia, many efforts have …

While neuroinflammation is an evolving concept and the cells involved and their functions
are being defined, microglia are understood to be a key cellular mediator of brain injury and …

The recent shift in sociopolitical debates and growing liberalization of cannabis use across
the globe has raised concern regarding its impact on vulnerable populations, such as …

Perturbation of Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) and D-serine/NMDA receptor
hypofunction have both been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and other …

… address for correspondence: MV Pletnikov, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences,
… other behavioural tests were run as described by Pletnikov et al. (2008) and explained …

Chloroviruses (family Phycodnaviridae) are large DNA viruses known to infect certain eukaryotic
green algae and have not been previously shown to infect humans or to be part of the …

Play behavior, nonsocial exploratory activity, and nonplay social interaction were observed
in male juvenile Lewis rats with brain developmental injury following neonatal infection with …