Women and men are suggested to have differences in vulnerability to neuropsychiatric
disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious and often fatal illness. Despite decades of research,
investigators have failed to adequately advance our understanding of the biological aspects …

In recent years, an extensive body of literature focused on the gut–brain axis and the
possible role played by the gut microbiota in modulating brain morphology and function from …

Maternal obesity plays a key role in the health trajectory of the offspring. Although research
on this topic has largely focused on the potential of this condition to increase the risk for child …

Background Probiotics seems to play a beneficial role in stressed populations; thus, a
systematic review and meta‐analysis to assess the effects of probiotics on stress in healthy …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with cirrhosis in veterans, and
therapeutic results are suboptimal. An altered gut-liver-brain axis exists in cirrhosis due to …

Mood and anxiety disorders are strongly associated with somatic symptoms such as
gastrointestinal distress [1, 2], and a high co-morbidity exists between stress-related …

The opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions in the United States with rising overdose
death rates. Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to addiction vulnerability may …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder, resulting from exposure to
traumatic events. Current recommended first-line interventions for the treatment of PTSD …

Human aggression is a complex and widespread social behavior that is overrepresented in
individuals affected by severe mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar …