It is now clearly established that complex interactions between genes and environment are
involved in multiple aspects of neuropsychiatric disorders, from determining an individual's …

Regulation of stress reactivity is a fundamental priority of all organisms. Stress responses
are critical for survival, yet can also cause physical and psychological damage. This review …

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease affecting millions of people worldwide. Anxiety-related
disorders and cognitive deficits are common in patients with epilepsy. Previous studies have …

Light modulates mood through various retina-brain pathways. We showed that mice treated
with short-term acute bright light exposure displayed anxiety-related phenotypes in a …

Anxiety disorders are currently a major psychiatric and social problem, the mechanisms of
which have been only partially elucidated. The hippocampus serves as a major target of …

Facing cancer diagnosis, patients with cancer are prone to psychological stress and
consequent psychological disorders. The association between psychological stress and …

Stress exposure can produce profound changes in physiology and behavior that can impair
health and well-being. Of note, stress exposure is linked to anxiety disorders and depression …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressively neurodegenerative disease characterized by
cognitive deficits and alteration of personality and behavior. As yet, there is no efficient …

Depression and anxiety commonly occur in chronic pain states and the coexistence of these
diseases worsens outcomes for both disorders and may reduce treatment adherence and …

In our previous investigation, we found that agarwood essential oil (AEO) has a sedative-
hypnotic effect. Sedative-hypnotic drugs usually have an anxiolytic effect, where concomitant …