2018
Effect of male-specific childhood trauma on telomere length
Xavier G, Spindola L, Ota V, Carvalho C, Maurya P, Tempaku P, Moretti P, Mazotti D, Sato J, Brietzke E, Miguel E, Grassi-Oliveira R, Mari J, Bressan R, Gadelha A, Pan P, Belangero S. Effect of male-specific childhood trauma on telomere length. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2018, 107: 104-109. PMID: 30384090, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk cohortTelomere lengthImportant risk factorCross-sectional studyChild maltreatmentEarly life stressChild Behavior Checklist scoresSchool-based studySerious lifelong consequencesQuantitative polymerase chain reactionHistory of CMPolymerase chain reactionRisk factorsPsychiatric symptomsPsychiatric disordersMultiplex quantitative polymerase chain reactionLifelong consequencesBlood cellsChildhood traumaCM scoreLife stressChain reactionSexBrazilian High-Risk CohortShort telomeres
2016
Serum copeptin in children exposed to maltreatment
Coelho R, Levandowski M, Mansur R, da Cunha G, Asevedo E, Zugman A, Salum G, Gadelha A, Pan P, Rizzo L, Manfro G, Mari J, Rohde L, Miguel E, Bressan R, Brietzke E, Grassi‐Oliveira R. Serum copeptin in children exposed to maltreatment. Psychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences 2016, 70: 434-441. PMID: 27278269, DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of CMCopeptin levelsSerum copeptinChildhood maltreatmentChild Behavior ChecklistSerum copeptin levelsAdrenal axis activationSerum copeptin concentrationSevere childhood maltreatmentPromising new biomarkerCBCL total scoreEnzyme-linked immunosorbentExternalizing symptomsCopeptin concentrationsSerum levelsAxis activationPsychiatric morbidityPositive historyClinical InterviewCopeptinNew biomarkersHistory of abuseChild psychopathology symptomsSymptom severitySymptoms