2019
Caudate volume differences among treatment responders, non-responders and controls in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder
Vattimo E, Barros V, Requena G, Sato J, Fatori D, Miguel E, Shavitt R, Hoexter M, Batistuzzo M. Caudate volume differences among treatment responders, non-responders and controls in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 28: 1607-1617. PMID: 30972581, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01320-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderGroup cognitive behavioral therapyPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderRight caudateTreatment responseCognitive behavioral therapyCaudate nucleusPossible neural substrateTreatment respondersGM volumeStructural magnetic resonance imagingNeural substratesPrevious evidenceNeurobiological underpinningsOrbitofrontal cortexAge-matched controlsTotal GM volumeMagnetic resonance imagingBrain structuresResonance imagingChildrenRespondersBonferroni correctionCaudatePatients
2018
Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life
Axelrud L, Santoro M, Pine D, Talarico F, Gadelha A, Manfro G, Pan P, Jackowski A, Picon F, Brietzke E, Grassi-Oliveira R, Bressan R, Miguel E, Rohde L, Hakonarson H, Pausova Z, Belangero S, Paus T, Salum G. Polygenic Risk Score for Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Life. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2018, 175: 555-563. PMID: 29495896, PMCID: PMC6372950, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17050529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal volumeEarly-life cognitionCanadian sampleMemory taskCognitive abilitiesExecutive functionImmediate recallMemory performanceCognitive testsGenetic riskReplication sampleBrain algorithmPolygenic risk scoresStandardized testsLower hippocampal volumeDistinct tasksBrain structuresAlzheimer's diseaseCognitionIndependent samplesLate-life dementiaDevelopmental conditionsRecallPrevious evidenceTask