Almost four years ago, I wrote an essay called "Do Wild Animals Suffer From PTSD and Other Psychological Disorders?" in which I summarized much of what we knew then about PTSD and other psychological ...

A study published today in the journal GigaScience provides an enormous amount of behavioral data, presented in a detailed videographic virtual library, that was used to explore obsessive-compulsive ...

Animal models have significantly increased our understanding of nervous system disorders. Yet, in spite of these advances, there still remains a large gap in treatment options that are high in ...

Animal models of mood disorders have traditionally relied on paradigms such as chronic stress exposure, behavioural despair tests and measures of anhedonia to recapitulate core features of depression ...

Animals are capable of mental illness, a subject that has piqued the interest and debate of scientists and animal enthusiasts alike. Mental illness is usually thought of as a human phenomenon, but ...

The Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a public workshop on September 12–13, 2016 to more deeply explore ways to motivate and accelerate drug development for nervous system ...

A specialized model used by researchers is becoming a valuable tool for studying human brain development, diseases and potential treatments, according to a team of scientists at Rutgers University-New ...

Hoarding cases are some of the most challenging situations we encounter at Pasadena Humane. Imagine entering a home with an overpowering smell of ammonia and seeing urine, feces and moldy pet food ...