Major efforts have been directed at family-based association and case–control studies to
identify the involvement of candidate genes in the major disorders of mental health. What …

Biological differences between men and women contribute to many sex-specific illnesses
and disorders. Historically, it was argued that such differences were largely, if not …

Women are more likely than men to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and
major depression. In addition to their sex bias, these disorders share stress as an etiological …

Why do men and women think differently? Why do they behave differently in stressed
situations? Why do women act more emotionally as compared to men? Why do men and …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 5291-5338, June 1, 2009] 5291 Neurobiology of depression,
fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain Vladimi Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 5291-5338, June …

Personality is associated with variation in all kinds of mental faculties, including affective,
social, executive, and memory functioning. The intrinsic dynamics of neural networks …

Despite the exponential increase in fear research during the last years, few studies have
included female subjects in their design. The need to include females arises from the …

BACKGROUND: Cognitive endophenotypes may further our understanding of the genetic
basis of psychiatric disorders, and the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene is a …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a pathological response to a traumatic event. A
number of risk and vulnerability factors predicting PTSD development have been identified …

Summary 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome is characterised by a well defined microdeletion that
is associated with a high risk of neuropsychiatric disorders, including intellectual disability …