Research has elucidated causal links between stress exposure and the development of
anxiety disorders, but due to the limited use of female or sex-comparative animal models …

Psychiatric disorders are characterized by sex differences in their prevalence,
symptomatology and treatment response. Animal models have been widely employed for …

Stress often affects eating behaviors, increasing caloric intake in some individuals and
decreasing it in others. The determinants of feeding responses to stress are unknown, in part …

Exposure to environmental enrichment can beneficially influence the behavior and enhance
synaptic plasticity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediated effects of …

Anxiety and depression are the most prevalent of the psychiatric disorders. The average age
of onset of these disorders is in adolescence, and stressful experiences are recognized as …

Mood disorders are more frequent in women than men, however, the majority of research
has focused on male rodents as animal models. We used a variety of common behavioral …

The light/dark (LD) test is a commonly used rodent test of unconditioned anxiety-like
behavior that is based on an approach/avoidance conflict between the drive to explore novel …

Using a rat model of adolescent social stress (SS, daily 1h isolation and change of cage
partner, 30–45 days of age), we have reported sex-specific effects on neuroendocrine …

Adolescence is associated with potentially stressful challenges, and adolescents may differ
from adults in their stress responsivity. To investigate possible age-related differences in …

Anxiety disorders pose one of the biggest threats to mental health in the world, and they
predominantly emerge early in life. However, research of anxiety disorders and fear‐related …