Der junge Christian stand in einem ganz eigenartigen Verhiltnis zu seiner Mutter. Man k6nnte
es fast eine Religion nennen. Vieles verband ihn mit ihr; nicht nur, daB er in der Mutter …

It has been proposed that two amino acid substitutions in the transcription factor FOXP2 have
been positively selected during human evolution due to effects on aspects of speech and …

Maternal infection during pregnancy enhances the offspring's risk for severe neuropsychiatric
disorders in later life, including schizophrenia. Recent attempts to model this association in …

Background Interbody fusion by open discectomy is the usual treatment for degenerative
disk disease but requires a relatively long recovery period. The transforaminal posterolateral …

To better understand the biology of tameness, ie tolerance of human presence and handling,
we analyzed two lines of wild-derived rats (Rattus norvegicus) artificially selected for …

Depression is the most common psychiatric complication in Parkinson's disease (PD). The
pathophysiological events leading to PD-associated depression, however, remain largely …

Since electrophysiological correlates of l-dopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) are almost unknown,
changes of striatal dopamine (DA) transmission and electrophysiological activity of the …

Background We sought to construct a general methodology for objectively quantifying the
learning curve associated with any surgical technique and to determine the number of cases …

High-frequency stimulation (HFS) of deep brain structures is a powerful therapeutic tool for
the treatment of various movement disorders in patients. However, the pathophysiological …

High‐frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus is believed to exert its main effects
via the basal ganglia output structures. Previously, we have shown a concomitant increase in …