2017
Associations between self‐reported sleep quality and white matter in community‐dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study
Sexton C, Zsoldos E, Filippini N, Griffanti L, Winkler A, Mahmood A, Allan C, Topiwala A, Kyle S, Spiegelhalder K, Singh‐Manoux A, Kivimaki M, Mackay C, Johansen‐Berg H, Ebmeier K. Associations between self‐reported sleep quality and white matter in community‐dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study. Human Brain Mapping 2017, 38: 5465-5473. PMID: 28745016, PMCID: PMC5655937, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite matter microstructurePoor sleep qualitySleep qualityPoor sleep quality groupSelf-reported sleep qualitySmall effect sizesCommunity-dwelling membersHum Brain MappDiffusion tensorRadial diffusivity valuesVoxel-wise analysisWhite matter measuresCurrent sleep qualityEffect sizeGlobal fractional anisotropyModifiable factorsLifestyle measuresSleep disturbancesPoor sleepSub studyGeneral cognitive functionNeurological illnessAxial diffusivityCognitive functionFractional anisotropy
2013
Transcriptomics of cortical gray matter thickness decline during normal aging
Kochunov P, Charlesworth J, Winkler A, Hong LE, Nichols TE, Curran JE, Sprooten E, Jahanshad N, Thompson PM, Johnson MP, Kent JW, Landman BA, Mitchell B, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Moses EK, Goring HH, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Glahn DC, Blangero J. Transcriptomics of cortical gray matter thickness decline during normal aging. NeuroImage 2013, 82: 273-283. PMID: 23707588, PMCID: PMC3759649, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathway enrichment analysisTranscriptome dataInnate immune pathwaysEnrichment analysisCellular proliferationInnate immune response pathwaysImmune pathwaysImmune response pathwaysResponse pathwaysFunctional categoriesPathway enrichmentTranscriptional activityGenesExpression activityTranscriptsHigh-resolution T1-weighted MRINormal cerebral agingCommunity-dwelling membersPathwaySignificance thresholdRegenerative capacityT1-weighted MRIDifferentiationCerebral agingViral infection