2014
Association of In Vivo κ-Opioid Receptor Availability and the Transdiagnostic Dimensional Expression of Trauma-Related Psychopathology
Pietrzak RH, Naganawa M, Huang Y, Corsi-Travali S, Zheng MQ, Stein MB, Henry S, Lim K, Ropchan J, Lin SF, Carson RE, Neumeister A. Association of In Vivo κ-Opioid Receptor Availability and the Transdiagnostic Dimensional Expression of Trauma-Related Psychopathology. JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71: 1262-1270. PMID: 25229257, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAmygdalaBenzamidesCarbon RadioisotopesCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleFunctional NeuroimagingGyrus CinguliHumansHydrocortisoneMaleNeural PathwaysPhobic DisordersPositron-Emission TomographyPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPyrrolidinesReceptors, Opioid, kappaStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVentral StriatumWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultConceptsUrinary cortisol levelsLoss symptomsTrauma-related psychopathologyCortisol levelsNeural circuitsDynorphin/κ-opioid receptor systemΚ-opioid receptor systemHamilton Depression Rating ScaleRating ScaleAdrenal axis systemClinician-Administered PTSD ScalePositron emission tomography studyDepression Rating ScaleHamilton Rating ScaleMechanism-based treatmentsEmission tomography studiesAcademic medical centerPositron emission tomographyKOR systemPreclinical dataTrauma-exposed adultsHigh-resolution positron emission tomographyMedical CenterMAIN OUTCOMEDepressive symptoms
2013
Elevated brain cannabinoid CB1 receptor availability in post-traumatic stress disorder: a positron emission tomography study
Neumeister A, Normandin MD, Pietrzak RH, Piomelli D, Zheng MQ, Gujarro-Anton A, Potenza MN, Bailey CR, Lin SF, Najafzadeh S, Ropchan J, Henry S, Corsi-Travali S, Carson RE, Huang Y. Elevated brain cannabinoid CB1 receptor availability in post-traumatic stress disorder: a positron emission tomography study. Molecular Psychiatry 2013, 18: 1034-1040. PMID: 23670490, PMCID: PMC3752332, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.61.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAmidesAnalysis of VarianceArachidonic AcidsBrainEndocannabinoidsEthanolaminesFemaleGlyceridesHumansHydrocortisoneImidazolesLogistic ModelsMalePalmitic AcidsPiperidinesPolyunsaturated AlkamidesPyrazolesRadionuclide ImagingReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticYoung AdultConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderVolume of distributionCB1 receptor availabilityPositron emission tomographyHC groupReceptor availabilityTC groupCannabinoid type 1 receptorStress disorderPositron emission tomography studyEvidence-based pharmacotherapyEtiology of PTSDType 1 receptorEmission tomography studiesAnandamide concentrationsElevated brainPeripheral levelsHealthy controlsCB1 receptorsUntreated individualsPET scansAnimal modelsCortisol levelsLifetime historyEmission tomography