Measurement of anxiety is desirable for the benefit of drug development and understanding
the brain function and mental well-being. Animal models offer the advantages of detailed …

Animal models of depression are certainly needed but the question in the title has been
raised owing to the controversies in the interpretation of the readout in a number of tests, to …

Mood disorders such as anxiety and depression are heterogeneous disorders with many
sufferers unresponsive to current pharmacological treatments. Individual differences in …

The contribution of the thalamus to the development and behavioural changes in autism
spectrum disorders (ASD), a neurodevelopmental syndrome, remains unclear. The aim of …

The psychopathology of depression is highly complex and the outcome of studies on animal
models is divergent. In order to find brain regions that could be metabolically distinctively …

Ketamine is a noncompetitive antagonist of glutamatergic N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors. Its
acute effects on healthy volunteers and schizophrenia patients mimic some acute psychotic …

Autistic Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder with varying degrees of
impairment in individuals. Social comununication deficits and the presence of restricted and …

Os modelos animais para transtornos psiquiátricos envolvem estudos para a esquizofrenia,
a depressão, a ansiedade, os transtornos do espectro autista, entre outros, que afetam uma …