When young children are asked to distribute valuable resources, they consider unequal allocations unfair and even pay a personal cost to rectify the inequality. Yet, in situations of procedural fairness, when an unequal distribution results from an impartial procedure, children deem that result fair – even if they end up being personally disadvantaged. What is […]

Increasing evidence supports a role for cerebrovasculature dysfunction in the aetiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Blood vessels in the brain are composed of a collection of cells and acellular material that comprise the neurovascular unit (NVU). The NVU in the hippocampus and cortex receives innervation from cholinergic neurons that originate in the basal forebrain. Death […]

Although genetic factors contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, the etiology of these disorders is complex and incompletely understood. Thus, a growing interest in different approaches including a developmental perspective to these pathologies is gaining momentum. Including environmental factors offers the possibility to enhance our understanding of the etiological factors resulting in the emergence […]