CART is implicated in a diverse array of physiological functions, encompassing regulation of food intake and body weight, processing of sensory information, endocrine control and stress modulation, maintenance of energy balance and susceptibility to drug addiction, facilitation of reward and reinforcement mechanisms, regulation of anxiety responses, as well as promotion of neuronal growth (Mao et al., 2012; Salinas et al., 2014; Choudhary et al., 2018). The gene discussed is CARTPT; the disease is Anxiety.