Since its development about 40 years ago (1981–2021), Morris water maze has turned into
a very popular tool for assessing spatial learning and memory. Its many advantages have …

Recent studies using transgenic mice lacking NMDA receptors in the hippocampus
challenge the long-standing hypothesis that hippocampal long-term potentiation-like …

This brief review summarizes 60 years of conceptual advances that have demonstrated a
role for active changes in neuronal connectivity as a controller of behavior and behavioral …

Overeating disorders (ODs), usually stemming from dieting history and stress, remain a
pervasive issue in contemporary society, with the pathological mechanisms largely …

Changing the strength of connections between neurons is widely assumed to be the
mechanism by which memory traces are encoded and stored in the central nervous system …

Objective: Although postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) often complicates recovery
from major surgery, the pathogenic mechanisms remain unknown. We explored whether …

Prediction errors (PE) are a central notion in theoretical models of reinforcement learning,
perceptual inference, decision-making and cognition, and prediction error signals have …

Traditional theories of forgetting are wedded to the notion that cue-overload interference
procedures (often involving the AB, AC list-learning paradigm) capture the most important …

The associations between consumption of a high-fat or 'Western'diet and metabolic
disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease have long been recognized …

The contribution of glutamate to synaptic transmission, plasticity and development is well
established; current evidence is based on diverse approaches to decipher function and …