Anxiety and Mood Disorders: Novel Research on Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neuropsychiatry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 15
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Interests: psychiatric disorders; early life stress; biological mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders; new treatment strategies; medicinal plants; Cannabis sativa; animal models; translational and clinical research
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Dear Colleagues,
Available treatments for anxiety and mood disorders remain ineffective for a significant percentage of individuals. Furthermore, the prolonged period required for therapeutic intervention to take effect remains a significant challenge. Therefore, research into the biological mechanisms underlying disorders and treatments is of paramount importance.
The primary objective of this Special Issue is to compile a collection of studies on the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying anxiety and mood disorders, as well as biological targets, enabling more personalized diagnoses and more effective treatments.
Studies on genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, cellular circuits and signaling, inflammation, oxidative stress, and molecular mechanisms involved in neuronal plasticity, aging, and cell death, among other metabolic biological targets, are relevant to the scope of this Topic. Furthermore, research into new therapeutic strategies, pharmacological targets, or mechanisms will be considered.
In this issue, we invite researchers to submit original research manuscripts, reviews, and mini-reviews related to the Special Issue's scope.
Dr. Zuleide Maria Ignácio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anxiety disorders
- mood disorders
- neurotransmission
- genetic and epigenetic mechanisms
- therapeutic strategies
- pharmacological targets
- cellular circuits and signaling
- neuronal plasticity
- inflammation
- oxidative stress
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