Worldwide, suicide is a leading cause of death. Although a sizable proportion of deaths by
suicide may be preventable, it is well documented that despite major governmental and …

Lead (Pb) is a pollutant commonly found in the environment, despite the implementation of
public health policies intended to remove it. Due to its chemical characteristics as a divalent …

Effective nose-to-brain delivery needs to be developed to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Regulating miR-124 can effectively improve the symptoms of ischemic brain injury and …

The central nervous system (CNS) consists of neuron and non-neuron cells including neural
stem/precursor cells (NSPCs), neuroblasts, glia cells (mainly astrocyte, oligodendroglia and …

Aggressiveness is a behavioral trait that has the potential to be harmful to individuals and
society. With an estimated heritability of about 40%, genetics is important in its development …

Suicide is a major public health concern. One of the common contributors to the increased
risk for suicide is the genetic constitution of individuals, which determines certain …

Objective The aim of this study was to examine a possible association between depressive
symptoms and a functional polymorphism (rs686) that modulates the regulation of DRD1 …

Multiple studies demonstrating the association of aggressive behavior with allelic variants of
neurotransmitter system genes appear to be controversial, while “risk” alleles have no effect …

Background Increasing evidence has indicated that dysfunction of miR-124 and target gene
regulator of G protein signaling 4 (RGS4) may be involved in the etiology and treatment of …

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of microRNA (miRNA)(miRSNP) are SNPs located
on miRNA genes or miRNA target sites, which have been supposed to be involved in the …