Meet the editors

Juan Francisco Rodríguez-Landa received his doctorate degree in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He is a full-time researcher at the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Institute of Neuroethology, Universidad Veracruzana. He is a lecturer in Neuropsychopharmacology and belongs to the National System of Investigators (SNI 2) and Mexican Academy of Sciences. His

research interests include the effects of neurosteroids and natural products on anxiety, depression, and neuronal activity in some brain structures related to anxiety and depression disorders. He has published multiple specialized scientific papers, book chapters, and books. He is an expert journal peer reviewer and active member of the European Behavioral Pharmacology Society, International Society for Neuroethology, and Mexican Society of Physiological Sciences, among others.

Jonathan Cueto-Escobedo received his doctorate degree in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He is currently a researcher at the Institute of Health Sciences, Universidad Veracruzana and a member of the National System of Investigators (SNI I). His research interests include experimental models of anxiety and depression, neurobiology of behavior, particularly addiction and

food intake as a reward with a translational perspective. He has published 10 book chapters and 13 scientific papers and made more than 20 presentations at international conferences. He has also published several works of science divulgation. He has lectured at several universities in México, including the University of Xalapa, University of Veracruz, University of Guadalajara, University of Tlaxcala, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Contents

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 55**

**Chapter 5 85**

Introductory Chapter: Behavioral Pharmacology -

New Developments in Behavioral Pharmacology *by Jonathan Cueto-Escobedo, Fabio García-García, Caio Maximino and Juan Francisco Rodríguez-Landa*

Berry Supplementation and Their Beneficial Effects

*by Fernández-Demeneghi Rafael, Vargas-Moreno Isidro, Acosta-Mesa Héctor-Gabriel, Puga-Olguín Abraham, Campos-Uscanga Yolanda, Romo-González Tania, Guzmán-Gerónimo Rosa-Isela, Patraca-Camacho Lorena* 

Pharmaceutical and Botanical Management of Pain Associated

*by Minerva Hernández Lozano, Marcos Fernando Ocaña Sánchez, Rosa Virginia García Rodríguez, Van Dan Castro Gerónimo, Libna Sulem Gallardo Beatriz, Ibrahim Guillermo Castro Torres, María Gabriela Alcántara López, Julio César González Ortiz,* 

Neuropharmacology of Secondary Metabolites from Plants

with Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Properties *by Rosa Isela García-Ríos, Armando Mora-Pérez, Ana Raquel Ramos-Molina and Cesar Soria-Fregozo*

*Gabriela Josefina Mendoza Rangel and Tania Monserrat Camacho Márquez*

on Some Central Nervous System Disorders

with Psychopathology: A Narrative Review

*and Herrera-Meza Socorro*

From Basic to Clinical Research *by Juan Francisco Rodríguez-Landa and Jonathan Cueto-Escobedo*
