Background The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions may contribute to a
deterioration in mental health; individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may …

OBJECTIVE: Randomized and sham-controlled trials (RCTs) on repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) have yielded …

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly prevalent, severe, and
chronic disease. There is a need for alternative strategies for treatment-resistant OCD …

People suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) do things they do not want to
do, and/or they think things they do not want to think. In about 10% of OCD patients, none of …

Objectives Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and debilitating psychiatric
condition, with diagnosed patients typically experiencing moderate or severe symptoms …

Rationale The 5-HT 7 receptor is a more recently discovered G-protein-coupled receptor for
serotonin. The functions and possible clinical relevance of this receptor are not yet fully …

Stress plays a key role in pathogenesis of anxiety and depression. Animal models of these
disorders are widely used in behavioral neuroscience to explore stress-evoked brain …

Since its discovery in the 1940s in serum, the mammalian intestinal mucosa, and in the
central nervous system, serotonin (5-HT) has been shown to be involved in virtually all …

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a relatively new, experimental treatment for patients
suffering from treatment-refractory Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The effects of …

Pharmacological and genetic tools targeting the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) 7 receptor in
preclinical animal models have implicated this receptor in diverse (patho) physiological …