This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Pregnancy and postpartum are
associated with dramatic alterations in steroid and peptide hormones which alter the …

Depression represents a global mental health concern, and disproportionally affects women
as they are twice more likely to be diagnosed than men. In this review, we provide a …

The pattern of structural brain alterations associated with major depressive disorder (MDD)
remains unresolved. This is in part due to small sample sizes of neuroimaging studies …

Abstract Motivation Automated machine learning (AutoML) systems are helpful data science
assistants designed to scan data for novel features, select appropriate supervised learning …

Volumetric reductions in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are among
the most well-documented neural abnormalities in major depressive disorder (MDD) …

Stress is associated with the onset and severity of several psychiatric disorders that occur
more frequently in women than men, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and …

Context Although differences in clinical characteristics exist between major depressive
disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD), consistent structural brain abnormalities that …

Depressive disorders (DDs) are one of the most widespread forms of psychiatric pathology.
According to the World Health Organization, about 350 million people in the world are …

BACKGROUND: Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) has been widely used to quantify
structural brain changes associated with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). While some …

There is evidence that excessive stress exposure of the brain, mediated through the
neurotoxic effects of cortisol and possibly neuroinflammation, causes damage to brain …