The recent outbreak of the corona virus disease (COVID-19) has had major global impact.
The relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) …

Animal models and preclinical tests have played large roles in the development of
antidepressant drugs and are likely to continue to play important roles. In the present …

Sexual dysfunction often accompanies severe psychiatric illness and can be due to both the
mental disorder itself and the use of psychotropic treatments. Many sexual symptoms …

Approximately 25 years have passed since the first publication suggesting the Flinders
sensitive line (FSL) rat as an animal model of depression. At least 6 years of research on …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is primarily a respiratory disease causing a
worldwide pandemic in the year of 2019. SARS‐CoV‐2 is an enveloped, positive-stranded …

Affective disorders including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BPD), and
general anxiety affect more than 10% of population in the world. Notably, neuronal nitric …

While modern neurobiology methods are necessary they are not sufficient to elucidate
etiology and pathophysiology of affective disorders and develop new treatments …

Despite significant research efforts aimed at understanding the neurobiological
underpinnings of mood (depression, bipolar disorder) and psychotic disorders, the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant negative consequences to mental health.
Increased inflammatory factors and neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as cognitive …

Our aims were to evaluate the depression model of early maternal separation (MS)
combined with adolescent chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) in female adult SD rats …