Major depression is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease. This situation is
mainly related to the chronicity and/or recurrence of the disorder, and to poor response to …

Obesity is a major health risk, with junk food consumption playing a central role in weight
gain, because of its high palatability and high-energy nutrients. The Cafeteria (CAF) diet …

Neuropsychiatric disorders, such as major depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic
stress disorder, tend to be long-term conditions in whose development and maintenance …

A major feature of life in groups is that individuals experience social stressors of varying
intensity and type. Social stress can have profound effects on health, social behavior, and …

Background Social stress is an important environmental risk factor for the development of
psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety disorders. Social stress paradigms …

Rationale Motivational deficits are a common symptom shared across multiple psychiatric
and neurodegenerative disorders. Effort-based decision-making tasks are a translatable …

Abstract Rationale and Objective We recently introduced a model of operant social reward in
which female CD1 mice lever press for access to affiliative social interaction with a …

Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI) is a debilitating condition resulting from
chemotherapy administration for cancer treatment. CICI is characterised by various cognitive …

The placenta represents a non-neuronal organ capable of transporting and metabolizing
monoamines. Since these bioactive molecules participate in numerous processes essential …

C-terminal binding proteins (CtBP) are transcriptional co-repressors regulating gene
expression. CtBP promote neuronal survival through repression of pro-apoptotic genes, and …