Psychiatric Disorders

Enhancing the Utility of Preclinical Research in Neuropsychiatry Drug Development.- Qualitative vs. Quantitative Methods in Psychiatric Research: Updated.- Animal Models of Self-Injurious Behavior: An Update.- Bipolar Disorder: Its Etiology and How to Model in Rodents.- Recent Updates in Modeling Risky Decision Making in Rodents.- The Pemoline Model of Self-Injurious Behavior: An Update.- Rodent Models of Adaptive Value Learning and Decision Making.- The Visually-Mediated Social Preference Test: A Novel Technique to Measure Social Behavior and Behavioral Disturbances in Zebrafish.- Animal Models of Intoxication by Metal Elements: A Focus on Neurobehavioral Injuries.- Animal Models of Early-Life Adversity.- Nicotine Self-Administration as Paradigm for Medication Discovery for Smoking Cessation: Recent Findings in Medications Targeting the Cholinergic System.- The Human Laboratory and Drug Development in Alcohol Use Disorder: Recent Updates.- Rodent Models of Methamphetamine Misuse: Mechanisms of Methamphetamine Action and Comparison of Different Rodent Paradigms.- Recent Updates in Animal Models of Nicotine Withdrawal: Intracranial Self-Stimulation and Somatic Signs.- Methods for Evaluating the Interaction between Social Stress and Environmental Enrichment in Animal Models of Nicotine Addiction.- An Animal Model of Alcohol Binge Drinking: Chronic-Intermittent Ethanol Administration in Rodents.- Animal Models of Eating Disorders.- Protocols Using Rodents to Model Eating Disorders in Humans.- Updates in PTSD Animal Models Characterization.- Overview on Emotional Behavioral Testing in Rodent Models of Pediatric Epilepsy.- Neurological Exam in Rats following Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury.- Y Shaped Maze to Test Spontaneous Object Recognition and Temporal Order Memory after Traumatic Brain Injury.- An Animal Model to Test Reversal of Cognitive Decline Associated with Beta Amyloid Pathologies.- Methods in Emotional Behavioral Testing in Immature Epilepsy Rodent Models.- Methods in Electrode Implantation and Wiring for Long-Term Continuous EEG Monitoring in Rodent Models of Epilepsy and Behavioral Disturbances.- Behavior Model for Assessing Decline in Executive Function during Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Animal Model for Leigh Syndrome.- Peripheral Biomarkers of Inflammation in Depression: Evidence from Animal Models and Clinical Studies.- The Contribution of Inflammation to Autism Spectrum Disorders: Recent Clinical Evidence.- Interleukin-2 and the Septohippocampal System:  An Update on Intrinsic Actions and Autoimmune Processes Relevant to Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- The Probiotic Mixture VSL#3 Reverses Olanzapine-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction in Mice.- Genetic Studies of Tic Disorders and Tourette’s Syndrome.- MeCP2 Dysfunction in Rett Syndrome and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Behavioral Characterization of MeCP2 Dysfunction-Associated Rett Syndrome and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- The Role of Epigenetics in Addiction: Clinical Overview and Recent Updates.- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Techniques in Neuropsychiatric Research.- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay for Analyzing Transcription Factor Activity at the Level of Peripheral Myelin Gene Promoters.- Study of Myelin Genes Expression in the Central Nervous System using Real Time PCR.- Enhanced Molecular Appreciation of Psychiatric Disorders through High-Dimensionality Data Acquisition and Analytics.