Animal models of depression: what can they teach us about the human disease?

M Becker, A Pinhasov, A Ornoy - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Depression is apparently the most common psychiatric disease among the mood disorders
affecting about 10% of the adult population. The etiology and pathogenesis of depression …

Sucrose preference test as a measure of anhedonic behavior in a chronic unpredictable mild stress model of depression: outstanding issues

DD Markov - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite numerous studies on the neurobiology of depression, the etiological and
pathophysiological mechanisms of this disorder remain poorly understood. A large number …

[HTML][HTML] Crosstalk among NLRP3 inflammasome, ETBR signaling, and miRNAs in stress-induced depression-like behavior: a modulatory role for SGLT2 inhibitors

RN Muhammad, LA Ahmed, RMA Salam, KA Ahmed… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Depression is an overwhelming health concern, and many patients fail to optimally respond
to available standard therapies. Neuroplasticity and blood–brain barrier (BBB) integrity are …

Cerebellum-specific deletion of the GABAA receptor δ subunit leads to sex-specific disruption of behavior

S Rudolph, C Guo, SL Pashkovski, T Osorno, WF Gillis… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Granule cells (GCs) of the cerebellar input layer express high-affinity δ GABA A subunit-
containing GABA A receptors (δGABA A Rs) that respond to ambient GABA levels and …

Environmental enrichment and physical exercise attenuate the depressive-like effects induced by social isolation stress in rats

JC Brenes, J Fornaguera… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
We assessed the antidepressant-like effects of environmental enrichment (EE) and physical
exercise (PE) compared with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine against the …

[HTML][HTML] Neurolipidomic insights into anxiety disorders: Uncovering lipid dynamics for potential therapeutic advances

S Maehashi, K Arora, AL Fisher, DR Schweitzer… - Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anxiety disorders constitute a spectrum of psychological conditions affecting millions of
individuals worldwide, imposing a significant health burden. Historically, the development of …

Racial discrimination trajectories predicting psychological well-being: From emerging adulthood to adulthood.

DB Lee, RE Anderson, MO Hope… - Developmental …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has been documented as a risk factor for worse
psychological well-being among African Americans. Yet, most researchers have not …

The environmental enrichment model revisited: A translatable paradigm to study the stress of our modern lifestyle

M Rojas‐Carvajal, A Sequeira‐Cordero… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mounting evidence shows that physical activity, social interaction and sensorimotor
stimulation provided by environmental enrichment (EE) exert several neurobehavioural …

Reliability of sucrose preference testing following short or no food and water deprivation—a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of rat models of chronic …

JP Berrio, S Hestehave, O Kalliokoski - Translational Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
The sucrose preference test is a popular test for anhedonia in the chronic unpredictable
stress model of depression. Yet, the test does not always produce consistent results. Long …

Effects of social isolation on the development of anxiety and depression-like behavior in model experiments in animals

GA Grigoryan, IV Pavlova, MI Zaichenko - Neuroscience and behavioral …, 2022 - Springer
This review describes the role of social isolation in the development of anxiety and
depression-like behavior in rodents. The duration of social isolation, age from onset of social …