Functional neuroimaging studies of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have examined social and non-social paradigms, although rarely in the same study. Here, we provide an objective, unbiased survey of functional brain abnormalities in ASD…
5-HT1B receptors are widely distributed throughout the central nervous system with the highest concentrations found in the frontal cortex, basal ganglia, striatum, and the hippocampus. [8 ] The function of the 5-HT1B receptor differs…
Lithium has been used clinically for 70 years, mainly to treat bipolar disorder. Competing treatments and exaggerated impressions about complexity and risks of lithium treatment have led to its declining use in some countries, encouraging…
A mood disorder, also known as an affective disorder, is any of a group of conditions of mental and behavioral disorder [2 ] where the main underlying characteristic is a disturbance in the person's mood. [3 ] The classification is in the…
Chronic psychosocial adversity induces vulnerability to mental illnesses. Animal studies demonstrate that this may be mediated by dopaminergic dysfunction. We therefore investigated whether long-term exposure to psychosocial adversity was…
Environmental enrichment (EE) introduced during abstinence from cocaine self-administration is protective in reducing cue-elicited incentive motivation for cocaine in rats. This study examined neural activation associated with this…