Some have claimed that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) mediates decision making.
Others suggest mPFC is selectively involved in the retrieval of remote long-term memory. Yet …

Most human genes have multiple sites at which RNA 3ʹ end cleavage and polyadenylation
can occur, enabling the expression of distinct transcript isoforms under different conditions. …

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In the course of several ongoing studies, the authors have encountered men and women
who display a form of body dysmorphic disorder in which they become pathologically …

Background Although cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States, its
long-term cognitive effects remain inadequately studied. Methods We recruited individuals …

Background: Individuals who initiate cannabis use at an early age, when the brain is still
developing, might be more vulnerable to lasting neuropsychological deficits than individuals …

OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the hypothesis that men in modern Western societies would
desire to have a much leaner and more muscular body than the body they actually had or …

Adult brain function and behavior are influenced by neuronal network formation during
development. Genetic susceptibility factors for adult psychiatric illnesses, such as Neuregulin-1 …

Computational and learning theory models propose that behavioral control reflects value
that is both cached (computed and stored during previous experience) and inferred (estimated …

Accurate reconstruction of the regulatory networks that control gene expression is one of the
key current challenges in molecular biology. Although gene expression and chromatin state …