Obesity and mood disorders are highly prevalent and co-morbid. Epidemiological studies
have highlighted the public health relevance of this association, insofar as both conditions …

The intricate processes of microbiota-gut-brain communication in modulating human
cognition and emotion, especially in the context of mood disorders, have remained elusive …

One of the major concerns of modern society is to identify putative biomarkers that serve as
a valuable early diagnostic tool to identify a subset of patients with increased risk to develop …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a widespread and debilitating mental disorder.
However, there are no biomarkers available to aid in the diagnosis of this disorder. In this …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a socially detrimental psychiatric disorder, contributing
to increased healthcare expenditures and suicide rates. However, no empirical laboratory …

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical platform
employed to address a diversity of issues of research such as in understanding chemical …

This paper reviews the main applications of NMR metabolomics of blood and urine in
disease research, over the last 5 years. The broad range of disease types addressed attests …

Background The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD), and ulcerative
colitis (UC), are chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract whose …

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a debilitating mental disorder that cannot be diagnosed by objective
laboratory-based modalities. Our previous studies have independently used nuclear …

This review, the eighteenth of this series and the sixteenth with the title of “Chemometrics,”
covers the most significant developments in the field from January 2008 through December …