Hundreds of studies have found that weak magnetic fields can significantly influence various
biological systems. However, the underlying mechanisms behind these phenomena remain …

Lithium has been used for over half a century for the treatment of bipolar disorder as the
archetypal mood stabilizer, and has a wealth of empirical evidence supporting its efficacy in …

In the present study, we have examined the behavioral and biochemical effect of induction of
psychological stress using a modified version of the resident-intruder model for social stress …

Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diverse disease states, and may
be a common pathogenic mechanism underlying many major psychiatric disorders, as the …

Prevalence of mental disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar
disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SZ) are increasing at alarming rates in our societies …

Current literature on the effects of chronic stress in general health converges to the concept
of allostatic load (AL). AL is the bodily 'wear and tear'that emerges with sustained allostatic …

After decades of research, schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders are still among the
most debilitating disorders in medicine. The chronic illness course in most individuals …

The brain is an organ predisposed to oxidative/nitrosative stress. This is especially true in
the case of aging as well as several neurodegenerative diseases. Under such …

There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that oxidative stress may play a role in
the pathophysiology of both schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD). METHODS: We …

Background: There has been an increasing interest in the role of oxidative stress in the
pathophysiology of bipolar disorder. To explore this further, we evaluated the activity of …