Over the past two decades, compelling evidence has emerged indicating that immune
mechanisms can contribute to the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder (MDD) and …

Anhedonia, as evidenced by impaired pleasurable response to reward, reduced reward
motivation, and/or deficits in reward-related learning, is a common feature of depression …

Reward devaluation adaptively controls reward intake. It remains unclear how cortical
circuits causally encode reward devaluation in healthy and depressed states. Here, we …

Increasingly, it has been recognized that analysis at the symptom, rather than diagnostic,
level will drive progress in the field of immunopsychiatry. Network analysis offers a useful …

Research on food-related emotions has increased over the decades. Advances in functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have made it possible to investigate the neural …

Mood disorders, including depressive and bipolar disorders, represent a multidimensional
and prevalent group of psychiatric illnesses characterized by disturbances in emotion …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) comprises more than just severe acute
respiratory syndrome. It also interacts with the cardiovascular, nervous, renal, and immune …

Background: Although fluoxetine and, in the USA, escitalopram are approved for depression
in adolescence, substantial concern surrounds antidepressant use in youth. Major …

Background The intricate pathophysiological mechanisms of major depressive disorder
(MDD) necessitate the development of comprehensive early indicators that reflect the …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Depression is a prevalent stress disorder, yet the
underlying physiological mechanisms linking stress to appetite and weight loss remain …