Advancing Molecular Psychiatry: Biomarkers, Mechanisms, and Precision Therapeutics
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 158
Special Issue Editor
Interests: depression; anxiety; dementia; pain; comorbidity; translational research
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite submissions for a Special Issue devoted to advancing translational research in molecular psychiatry and its relevance to clinical practice. This issue is intended to connect emerging molecular discoveries with meaningful applications in diagnosis, stratification, and treatment, highlighting research directions that can strengthen the move toward more precise and effective psychiatric care. We particularly welcome studies on the discovery and validation of molecular biomarkers, including genetic, epigenetic, proteomic, and metabolomic indicators, that may improve diagnostic accuracy, refine patient characterization, and support individualized therapeutic decision-making in psychiatric disorders.
The Special Issue also welcomes contributions in pharmacogenomics, with an emphasis on how interindividual genetic differences shape treatment response, tolerability, and medication optimization in psychiatry. Such work can help reduce adverse effects and promote more rational, patient-centered prescribing strategies. In addition, we encourage submissions examining gene–environment interactions in psychiatric illness, as these studies are essential for clarifying how biological susceptibility and environmental exposures converge to influence disease onset, progression, and therapeutic response.
We further encourage papers addressing neuroinflammation and immune-related mechanisms in psychiatric disorders, as well as neuroimaging and molecular imaging approaches that link biological alterations with symptom profiles, disease trajectories, and treatment outcomes. By bringing together these complementary perspectives, this Special Issue aims to foster clinically meaningful innovation and accelerate the translation of molecular psychiatry research into improved interventions and better patient outcomes.
Dr. Masaru Tanaka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- brain organoids
- induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)
- neural stem cells
- CRISPER-CAS systems (CRISPR)
- neuropsychiatric disorders
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- synaptic transmission
- neuroinflammation
- drug discovery
- animal disease models
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