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• Short-Term Enrichment Makes Male Rats More Attractive, More Defensive and Alters Hypothalamic Neurons

  Authors:Rupshi Mitra and Robert M. SapolskyFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2, 20126,547 words Article 1330LAuthor(s): Rupshi Mitra 1 , 2 , * , Robert M. Sapolsky 3 Introduction Environmental enrichment (EE) is known to improve physiology and behavior at multiple levels in a variety of species. In rodents, early...

• Glucocorticoid-Mediated Enhancement of Glutamatergic Transmission May Outweigh Anti-Inflammatory Effects under Conditions of Neuropathic Pain

  Authors:Glenn-Marie Le Coz, Fernand Anton, and Ulrike HaneschFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 11, 20147,709 words Article 1380LAuthor(s): Glenn-Marie Le Coz, Fernand Anton, Ulrike Hanesch * Introduction Comorbidities between chronic pain states and a dysfunctional hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis have repeatedly been described...

• Impact of Corticosterone Treatment on Spontaneous Seizure Frequency and Epileptiform Activity in Mice with Chronic Epilepsy

  Authors:Olagide W. Castro, Victor R. Santos, Raymund Y. K. Pun, Jessica M. McKlveen, Matthew Batie, Katherine D. Holland, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 28, 20127,573 words Report 1430LAuthor(s): Olagide W. Castro 1 , Victor R. Santos 1 , Raymund Y. K. Pun 5 , Jessica M. McKlveen 2 , 7 , Matthew Batie 3 , Katherine D. Holland 4 , Margaret Gardner 6 , Norberto Garcia-Cairasco 1 , James P. Herman 2 , 7...

• Genetic KCa3.1-Deficiency Produces Locomotor Hyperactivity and Alterations in Cerebral Monoamine Levels

  Authors:Kate Lykke Lambertsen, Jan Bert Gramsbergen, Mithula Sivasaravanaparan, Nicholas Ditzel, Linda Maria Sevelsted-Moller, Aida Olivan-Viguera, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 15, 201210,046 words Article 1530LAuthor(s): Kate Lykke Lambertsen 1 , Jan Bert Gramsbergen 1 , Mithula Sivasaravanaparan 1 , Nicholas Ditzel 3 , Linda Maria Sevelsted-Møller 2 , Aida Oliván-Viguera 5 , Maj Rabjerg 2 , Heike Wulff 4 , Ralf Köhler 2 , 5...

• Exposure to early life stress results in epigenetic changes in neurotrophic factor gene expression in a Parkinsonian rat model

  Authors:Thabisile Mpofana, Willie M.U. Daniels, and Musa V. MabandlaFrom:Parkinson's DiseasePeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20164,731 words Article 1310LEarly life adversity increases the risk of mental disorders later in life. Chronic early life stress may alter neurotrophic factor gene expression including those for brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial...

• Chronic stress impairs GABAergic control of amygdala through suppressing the tonic GABAA receptor currents

  Authors:Zhi-Peng Liu, Chen Song, Min Wang, Ye He, Xiao-Bin Xu, Han-Qing Pan, et al.From:Molecular Brain (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 24, 20147,348 words Article 1470LAuthor(s): Zhi-Peng Liu1 , Chen Song1 , Min Wang1 , Ye He1,2 , Xiao-Bin Xu1 , Han-Qing Pan1 , Wen-Bing Chen1 , Wei-Jie Peng2 and Bing-Xing Pan1 Background Repeated exposure to stress has enduring detrimental...

• Simultaneous measurement of thirteen steroid hormones in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and control women using liquid chromatographytandem mass spectrometry

  Authors:Candace C. Keefe, Mildred M. Goldman, Ke Zhang, Nigel Clarke, Richard E. Reitz, and Corrine K. WeltFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20144,299 words Report 1420LBackground: The measurement of adrenal and ovarian androgens in women with PCOS has been difficult based on poor specificity and sensitivity of assays in the female range. Methods: Women with PCOS (NIH criteria; n =...

• Binge-like eating attenuates nisoxetine feeding suppression, stress activation, and brain norepinephrine activity

  Authors:Nicholas T. Bello, Chung-Yang Yeh, Jessica L. Verpeut, and Amy L. WaltersFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20148,869 words Disease/Disorder ove... 1580LStress is often associated with binge eating. A critical component of the control of stress is the central norepinephrine system. We investigated how dietary-induced binge eating alters central norepinephrine and...

• Adrenal glucocorticoids have a key role in circadian resynchronization in a mouse model of jet lag

  Authors:Silke Kiessling, Gregor Eichele, and Henrik OsterFrom:Journal of Clinical Investigation (Vol. 120, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20106,778 words Article 1340LJet lag encompasses a range of psycho- and physiopathological symptoms that arise from temporal misalignment of the endogenous circadian clock with external time. Repeated jet lag exposure, encountered by business...

• Does Feather Corticosterone Reflect Individual Quality or External Stress in Arctic-Nesting Migratory Birds?

  Authors:Pierre Legagneux, N. Jane Harms, Gilles Gauthier, Olivier Chastel, H. Grant Gilchrist, Gary Bortolotti, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 31, 20136,465 words Article 1540LThe effects of environmental perturbations or stressors on individual states can be carried over to subsequent life stages and ultimately affect survival and reproduction. The concentration of corticosterone (CORT) in...

• Carotenoid-Based Colours Reflect the Stress Response in the Common Lizard

  Authors:Patrick S. Fitze, Julien Cote, Luis Martin San-Jose, Sandrine Meylan, Caroline Isaksson, Staffan Andersson, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 4, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 8, 20097,774 words Article 1410LUnder chronic stress, carotenoid-based colouration has often been shown to fade. However, the ecological and physiological mechanisms that govern colouration still remain largely unknown. Colour changes may be directly...

• Aggravation of Chronic Stress Effects on Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Spatial Memory in LPA.sub.1 Receptor Knockout Mice

  Authors:Estela Castilla-Ortega, Carolina Hoyo-Becerra, Carmen Pedraza, Jerold Chun, Fernando Rodriguez De Fonseca, Guillermo Estivill-Torrus, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 29, 201110,268 words Article 1420LBackground The lysophosphatidic acid LPA.sub.1 receptor regulates plasticity and neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus. Here, we studied whether absence of the LPA.sub.1 receptor modulated the detrimental effects of...

• Standardized Environmental Enrichment Supports Enhanced Brain Plasticity in Healthy Rats and Prevents Cognitive Impairment in Epileptic Rats

  Authors:Raafat P. Fares, Amor Belmeguenai, Pascal E. Sanchez, Hayet Y. Kouchi, Jacques Bodennec, Anne Morales, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 14, 201315,577 words Article 1460LEnvironmental enrichment of laboratory animals influences brain plasticity, stimulates neurogenesis, increases neurotrophic factor expression, and protects against the effects of brain insult. However, these positive...

• Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Dendritic Plasticity Support Running-Improved Spatial Learning and Depression-Like Behaviour in Stressed Rats

  Authors:Suk-Yu Yau, Benson Wui-Man Lau, Jian-Bin Tong, Richard Wong, Yick-Pang Ching, Guang Qiu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 15, 201110,076 words Article 1380LExercise promotes hippocampal neurogenesis and dendritic plasticity while stress shows the opposite effects, suggesting a possible mechanism for exercise to counteract stress. Changes in hippocampal neurogenesis and...

• Glucocorticoids and Stress-Induced Changes in the Expression of PERIOD1 in the Rat Forebrain

  Authors:Sherin Al-Safadi, Marie Branchaud, Spencer Rutherford, and Shimon AmirFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 15, 20155,972 words Article 1580LThe secretion of glucocorticoids in mammals is under circadian control, but glucocorticoids themselves are also implicated in modulating circadian clock gene expression. We have shown that the expression of the...

• Early Life Stress Increases Metabolic Risk, HPA Axis Reactivity, and Depressive-Like Behavior When Combined with Postweaning Social Isolation in Rats

  Authors:Javier Vargas, Mariana Junco, Carlos Gomez, and Naima LajudFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 9, 20169,161 words Article 1420LEarly-life stress is associated with depression and metabolic abnormalities that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Such associations could be due to increased glucocorticoid levels. Periodic...

• Functional disruption of stress modulatory circuits in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy

  Authors:Aynara C. Wulsin, Ana Franco-Villanueva, Christian Romancheck, Rachel L. Morano, Brittany L. Smith, Benjamin A. Packard, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 24, 20188,631 words Report 1420LClinical data suggest that the neuroendocrine stress response is chronically dysregulated in a subset of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), potentially contributing to both disease progression and the...

• Comprehensive growth performance, immune function, plasma biochemistry, gene expressions and cell death morphology responses to a daily corticosterone injection course in broiler chickens

  Authors:Gamal M. K. Mehaisen, Mariam G. Eshak, Ahmed M. Elkaiaty, Abdel-Rahman M. M. Atta, Magdi M. Mashaly, and Ahmed O. AbassFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 24, 201711,969 words Author abstract 1570LThe massive meat production of broiler chickens make them continuously exposed to potential stressors that stimulate releasing of stress-related hormones like corticosterone (CORT) which is responsible for specific...

• Prebiotics mannan-oligosaccharides accelerate sexual maturity in rats: A randomized preclinical study.

  Authors:Luiz Eduardo Rodrigues, Milena Miyoshi Kishibe, Rogeria Keller, Heliard Rodrigues dos Santos Caetano, Marcos Natal Rufino, Osimar de Carvalho Sanches, et al.From:Veterinary World (Vol. 14, Issue 5)

  May 20216,109 words Clinical report 1660LBackground and Aim: The prebiotics, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), demonstrate the ability to increase probiotic microorganisms and fixation and removal of pathogens associated with chronic systemic inflammation in the...

• Photoperiod Regulates Corticosterone Rhythms by Altered Adrenal Sensitivity via Melatonin-Independent Mechanisms in Fischer 344 Rats and C57BL/6J Mice

  Authors:Tsuyoshi Otsuka, Mariko Goto, Misato Kawai, Yuki Togo, Katsuyoshi Sato, Kazuo Katoh, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 15, 20126,162 words Article 1550LAuthor(s): Tsuyoshi Otsuka 1 , Mariko Goto 1 , Misato Kawai 1 , Yuki Togo 1 , Katsuyoshi Sato 2 , Kazuo Katoh 2 , Mitsuhiro Furuse 1 , Shinobu Yasuo 1 , * Introduction Most species living in temperate zones adapt...