Maternal mental illness can have a devastating effect during the perinatal period, and has a
profound impact on the care that the baby receives and on the relationships that the baby …

Emerging research points to a valuable role of the monoamine neurotransmitter, serotonin,
in the display of maternal behaviors and reproduction-associated plasticity in the maternal …

Endocrine disruption (ED) and endocrine disruptors (EDs) emerged as scientific concepts in
1995, after numerous chemical pollutants were found to be responsible for reproductive …

Major depression (MD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders worldwide.
Currently, the first-line treatment for MD targets the serotonin system but these drugs, notably …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating disease with a high worldwide prevalence.
Despite its greater prevalence in women, male animals are used in most preclinical studies …

There is increasing evidence that mental health concerns, stress-related mental illnesses,
and parental stress prior to conception have long-term effects on offspring outcomes …

Stress negatively impacts gut and brain health. Individual differences in response to stress
have been linked to genetic and environmental factors and more recently, a role for the gut …

This study investigated the effects of chronic crowding-induced social stress and dimethyl
fumarate (DMF) on borderline hypertensive rats, focusing on the transcription nuclear factor …

One of the most frequently prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor medications
(SSRIs) for peripartum mood and anxiety disorders is sertraline (Zoloft®). Sertraline can help …

We hypothesized that there is a relationship between the orexinergic system (OX) alterations
and changes elicited by escitalopram or venlafaxine in adult rats subjected to maternal …