Depression and obesity: Focus on factors and mechanistic links.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is defined as mood disorder causing a persistent loss of interest and despair for two weeks or greater, with related symptoms. Depression can interfere with daily life and can cause those affected to not work, study, eat, sleep, and enjoy previously enjoyed hobbies and life events as they did previously. If untreated, it can become a serious health condition.

The horizontal ladder test (HLT) protocol: a novel, optimized, and reliable means of assessing motor coordination in .

Pigs can be an important model for preclinical biological research, including neurological diseases such as Alcohol Use Disorder. Such research often involves longitudinal assessment of changes in motor coordination as the disease or disorder progresses. Current motor coordination tests in pigs are derived from behavioral assessments in rodents and lack critical aspects of face and construct validity.

The Horizontal Ladder Test (HLT) protocol: A novel, optimized, and reliable means of assessing motor coordination in .

Pigs can be an important model for preclinical biological research, including neurological diseases such as Alcohol Use Disorder. Such research often involves longitudinal assessment of changes in motor coordination as the disease or disorder progresses. Current motor coordination tests in pigs are derived from behavioral assessments in rodents and lack critical aspects of face and construct validity.

Detection of the Amphibian Pathogens Chytrid Fungus () and Ranavirus in West Texas, USA, Using Environmental DNA.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods provide novel options for the detection of pathogens. The amphibian pathogens () and Ranavirus have been relatively understudied in Texas, US, so we applied eDNA assays for the surveillance of these pathogens in the upper Brazos River basin near the Texas panhandle. We collected water samples from five urban playa lakes and one reservoir in and around Lubbock, Texas.