21 articles in this issue
Tatsuya Daikoku
Statistical learning (SL) is a method of learning based on the transitional probabilities embedded in sequential phenomena such as music and language. It has been considered an implicit and domain-general mechanism that is innate in the human brain and th... see more
Caroline S. Zhu, Ramesh Grandhi, Thomas Tyler Patterson and Susannah E. Nicholson
The gut microbiome and its role in health and disease have recently been major focus areas of research. In this review, we summarize the different ways in which the gut microbiome interacts with the rest of the body, with focus areas on its relationships ... see more
Sean Berman, Toni L. Uhlendorf, Mark Berman and Elliot B. Lander
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects 1.9 million Americans, including blast TBI that is the signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Our project investigated whether stromal vascular fraction (SVF) can assist in post-TBI recovery. We utilized st... see more
Mohammad Abu-Rub and Robert H. Miller
Myelination is critical for the normal functioning of the central nervous system (CNS) in vertebrates. Conditions in which the development of myelin is perturbed result in severely compromised individuals often with shorter lifespans, while loss of myelin... see more
Francesca Graziano, C. Caruso Bavisotto, A. Marino Gammazza, Francesca Rappa, Everly Conway De Macario, Albert J. L. Macario, Francesco Cappello, Claudia Campanella, Rosario Maugeri and Domenico Gerardo Iacopino
The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/National Cancer Institute of Canada Phase III trial has validated as a current regimen for high-grade gliomas (HGG) a maximal safe surgical resection followed by radiotherapy with concurrent t... see more
Melissa J. Walker and Xiao-Ming Xu
Following an initial mechanical insult, traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) induces a secondary wave of injury, resulting in a toxic lesion environment inhibitory to axonal regeneration. This review focuses on the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic facto... see more
Shervin Assari, Frederick X. Gibbons and Ronald Simons
Although high socioeconomic status (SES) is traditionally conceptualized as a health protective factor, recent literature has documented positive associations between SES (e.g., income) and depression among Blacks, including Black youth. To extend the res... see more
Mark Reybrouck, Peter Vuust and Elvira Brattico
Listening to music is above all a human experience, which becomes an aesthetic experience when an individual immerses himself/herself in the music, dedicating attention to perceptual-cognitive-affective interpretation and evaluation. The study of these pr... see more
Mark W. Burke, Myriam Fillion, Jose Mejia, Frank R. Ervin and Roberta M. Palmour
In addition to transmitter functions, many neuroamines have trophic or ontogenetic regulatory effects important to both normal and disordered brain development. In previous work (Mejia et al., 2002), we showed that pharmacologically inhibiting monoamine o... see more
Shervin Assari and Maryam Moghani Lankarani
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Kandhasamy Sowndhararajan, Ponnuvel Deepa, Minju Kim, Se Jin Park and Songmun Kim
Blaise A. Clarke and Charles C. Lee
The medial geniculate body (MGB) is the target of excitatory and inhibitory inputs from several neural sources. Among these, the inferior colliculus (IC) is an important nucleus in the midbrain that acts as a nexus for auditory projections, ascending and ... see more
Brenton Hordacre
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has shown great promise as a neuromodulatory intervention capable of improving behavioral outcomes in a range of neurological and psychiatric populations. Evidence indicates that the neuromodulatory effect of... see more
Clémence Disdier, Xiaodi Chen, Jeong-Eun Kim, Steven W. Threlkeld and Barbara S. Stonestreet
Perinatal brain injury is a major cause of morbidity and long-standing disability in newborns. Hypothermia is the only therapy approved to attenuate brain injury in the newborn. However, this treatment is unfortunately only partially neuroprotective and c... see more
John Stein
This is my response to the critique by Blythe et al. of my review ‘What is Developmental Dyslexia?’. In this response, I provide greater detail about the evidence supporting the view that faulty eye movement control can cause dyslexics’ visual reading dif... see more
Hazel I. Blythe, Julie A. Kirkand Simon P. Liversedge
Xavier Briffault, Margot Morgiève and Philippe Courtet
Depressive disorders cover a set of disabling problems, often chronic or recurrent. They are characterized by a high level of psychiatric and somatic comorbidities and represent an important public health problem. To date, therapeutic solutions remain uns... see more
Shervin Assari, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell and Marc A. Zimmerman
Background: Minorities’ Diminished Return (MDR) theory suggests that socioeconomic position (SEP) may have a smaller effect on health and well-being of members of the minority than the majority groups. Aim: Built on the MDR theory, this study compared Whi... see more
Giorgia Miolo, Marianna Tucci, Luca Menilli, Giulia Stocchero, Susanna Vogliardi, Salvatore Scrivano, Massimo Montisci and Donata Favretto
Drugs incorporated into hair are exposed to the environment, and cosmetic and chemical treatments, with possible decreases in their content. Knowledge concerning the effect of sunlight on drug content in hair can be helpful to forensic toxicologists, in p... see more
Anne-Mary N. Salib, Allen L. Ho, Eric S. Sussman, Arjun V. Pendharkar and Casey H. Halpern
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a prevalent condition characterized by chronic alcohol-seeking behaviors and has become a significant economic burden with global ramifications on public health. While numerous treatment options are available for AUD, many ar... see more
Arash Aryani, Chun-Ting Hsu and Arthur M. Jacobs
The long history of poetry and the arts, as well as recent empirical results suggest that the way a word sounds (e.g., soft vs. harsh) can convey affective information related to emotional responses (e.g., pleasantness vs. harshness). However, the neural ... see more