Environmental influences on the pace of brain development

UA Tooley, DS Bassett, AP Mackey - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Childhood socio-economic status (SES), a measure of the availability of material and social
resources, is one of the strongest predictors of lifelong well-being. Here we review evidence …

Modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis by early life stress exposure

M Van Bodegom, JR Homberg… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Exposure to stress during critical periods in development can have severe long-term
consequences, increasing overall risk on psychopathology. One of the key stress response …

Early life adversity shapes neural circuit function during sensitive postnatal developmental periods

L Malave, MT van Dijk, C Anacker - Translational psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Early life adversity (ELA) is a major risk factor for mental illness, but the neurobiological
mechanisms by which ELA increases the risk for future psychopathology are still poorly …

Early life adversity shapes social subordination and cell type–specific transcriptomic patterning in the ventral hippocampus

A Kos, JP Lopez, J Bordes, C De Donno, J Dine… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Adverse events in early life can modulate the response to additional stressors later in life
and increase the risk of develo** psychiatric disorders. The underlying molecular …

Sex differences in hippocampal cognition and neurogenesis

S Yagi, LAM Galea - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019 - nature.com
Sex differences are reported in hippocampal plasticity, cognition, and in a number of
disorders that target the integrity of the hippocampus. For example, meta-analyses reveal …

Toward understanding how early-life stress reprograms cognitive and emotional brain networks

Y Chen, TZ Baram - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016 - nature.com
Vulnerability to emotional disorders including depression derives from interactions between
genes and environment, especially during sensitive developmental periods. Adverse early …

Neurogenesis in aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases

L Culig, X Chu, VA Bohr - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Adult neurogenesis, the process by which neurons are generated in certain areas of the
adult brain, declines in an age-dependent manner and is one potential target for extending …

Chronic early life stress induced by limited bedding and nesting (LBN) material in rodents: critical considerations of methodology, outcomes and translational potential

CD Walker, KG Bath, M Joels, A Korosi, M Larauche… - Stress, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The immediate and long-term effects of exposure to early life stress (ELS) have been
documented in humans and animal models. Even relatively brief periods of stress during the …

Animal models of major depression and their clinical implications

B Czéh, E Fuchs, O Wiborg, M Simon - Progress in neuro …, 2016 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder is a common, complex, and potentially life-threatening mental
disorder that imposes a severe social and economic burden worldwide. Over the years …

Food for thought: how nutrition impacts cognition and emotion

SJ Spencer, A Korosi, S Layé, B Shukitt-Hale… - npj Science of …, 2017 - nature.com
More than one-third of American adults are obese and statistics are similar worldwide.
Caloric intake and diet composition have large and lasting effects on cognition and emotion …