Nervous tissue homeostasis requires the regulation of microglia activity. Using conditional
gene targeting in mice, we demonstrate that genetic ablation of the small GTPase Rhoa in …

Maternal separation (MS) is a widely-used paradigm to study the effect of early-life adversity
on brain development and resilience to psychopathology. Most of the related literature …

Alcohol abuse adversely affects the lives of millions of people worldwide. Deficits in synaptic
transmission and in microglial function are commonly found in human alcohol abusers and …

The development of substance abuse problems occurs due to a diverse combination of risk
factors. Among these risks, studies have reported depression and early-life stress as of …

Depressive mothers often find mother-child interaction to be challenging. Maternal stress
may further impair mother-child attachment, which may increase the risk of negative …

Social animals benefit from group living. However, competition for limited resources may lead
to agonistic conflicts. These conflicts can affect the behavior and the social relationships, …

Depressive mothers often find the mother-child interaction to be challenging. Parental stress
may further impair mother-child attachment, which may increase the risk of negative …

Alcohol use adversely impacts the life of millions of people worldwide. Deficits in synaptic
transmission and in microglial function are common findings in human alcohol users and in …

Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider
mean species‐level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species. …

Microglia are resident myeloid cells of the central nervous system that are critical for brain
functioning in health and disease. Using tissue-specific conditional gene targeting in mice, …