Stress serves as an adaptive mechanism and helps organisms to cope with life-threatening situations. However, individual vulnerability to stress and dysregulation of this system may precipitate stress-related disorders ...

Artículo fruto de una investigación que analiza la experiencia de la Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó, ubicada en el Urabá antioqueño colombiano. Un caso emblemático en medio de un territorio geoestratégico disputado ...

Exposure to environmental enrichment (EE) has been a useful model for studying the effects of experience on brain plasticity, but to date, few is known about the impact of this condition on the brain functional networks ...

Erasing memories of cocaine-stimuli associations might have important clinical implications for addiction therapy. Stimulating hippocampal plasticity by enhancing adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) is a promising strategy ...

BACKGROUND: One challenge in the treatment of substance use disorders is to re-engage the interest toward non-drug-related activities. Among these activities, social interaction has had a prominent role due to its positive ...

Prevalence of stress-related disorders, such as depression, is raising in modern societies. Indeed, current neurobiological research aims to elucidate the link between deregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ...

The LPA1, one of the six characterized G protein-coupled receptors (LPA1–6) through which lysophosphatidic acid acts may be involved in promoting normal emotional behaviors. Evidence also imply a role for the LPA1 receptor ...

Adverse events can impact brain structure and function and are considered primary sources of risk for depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric disorders. In this sense, the neurobiological circuitry in charge of dealing ...

The binge-drinking pattern of EtOH consumption, which is frequently observed in adolescents, is known to induce several neurobehavioral alterations, but protection strategies against these impairments remain scarcely ...