Objectives. Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, marked
by characteristic protein aggregations, are more and more accepted to be synaptic disorders …

Methylphenidate (MPH) is the most commonly used drug to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) in children effectively and safely. In spite of its widespread application …

The proliferation and survival of new cells in the dentate gyrus of mammals is a complex
process that is subject to numerous influences, presenting a confusing picture. We suggest …

The objective of the present study was to examine whether acute treatment with the recreational
drug methamphetamine influences adult granule cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of …

Male gerbils were bred and reared grouped under enriched semi-natural environmental
conditions. The objective of the present study was to examine the influence of an acute …

Male gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) were bred and reared either grouped under enriched
environmental conditions or isolated under impoverished environmental conditions. The …

We describe a strongly biologically motivated artificial neural network approach to model
neurogenesis and synaptic turnover as it naturally occurs for example in the hippocampal …

… Butz M, Teuchert-Noodt G. 2006. A simulation model for compensatory plasticity in the
prefrontal cortex inducing a cortico-cortical dysconnection in early brain development. …

Numerous studies have shown that different rearing conditions may cause severe structural
and functional alterations in various regions of the brain. For example, restricted rearing can …

Serotoninergic neurons interact with dopaminergic cells on all levels and are physiologically
affected by both isolated rearing (IR) and a single early methamphetamine (MA) injection. …