2023
Independent Prediction of Child Psychiatric Symptoms by Maternal Mental Health and Child Polygenic Risk Scores
Chen L, Pokhvisneva I, Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Kvist T, Baldwin J, Parent C, Silveira P, Lahti J, Räikkönen K, Glover V, O'Connor T, Meaney M, O'Donnell K. Independent Prediction of Child Psychiatric Symptoms by Maternal Mental Health and Child Polygenic Risk Scores. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 63: 640-651. PMID: 37977417, PMCID: PMC11105503, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.08.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrenatal maternal depressionMaternal mental healthMaternal depressionAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderChild psychiatric symptomsPolygenic risk scoresPsychiatric symptomsRisk scoreMental healthFetal originGenomic riskAvon Longitudinal StudySimilar independent effectsAdolescent psychiatric symptomsHealth hypothesisMaternal symptomsChild CohortIndependent cohortBehavioral symptomsALSPAC cohortMental disordersSymptom dataSymptomsCohortChildren's symptomsEpigenetic age acceleration as a biomarker for impaired cognitive abilities in adulthood following early life adversity and psychiatric disorders
Felt J, Yusupov N, Harrington K, Fietz J, Zhang Z, Sliwinski M, Ram N, O'Donnell K, Group B, Meaney M, Putnam F, Noll J, Binder E, Shenk C. Epigenetic age acceleration as a biomarker for impaired cognitive abilities in adulthood following early life adversity and psychiatric disorders. Neurobiology Of Stress 2023, 27: 100577. PMID: 37885906, PMCID: PMC10597797, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2023.100577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life adversityPsychiatric disordersEpigenetic age accelerationLife adversityAge accelerationProspective cohort studyBiological agingNon-abused controlsCohort studyNeurocognitive screeningPeripheral bloodCommunity cohortNeurocognitive declineIndependent cohortCognitive declineEarly screeningMental disordersCohortGrimAge clockDisordersBiomarkersLower general cognitive abilityEarly declineNeurocognitive abilitiesCognitive abilities
2022
Integrative PheWAS analysis in risk categorization of major depressive disorder and identifying their associations with genetic variants using a latent topic model approach
Meng X, Wang M, O’Donnell K, Caron J, Meaney MJ, Li Y. Integrative PheWAS analysis in risk categorization of major depressive disorder and identifying their associations with genetic variants using a latent topic model approach. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 240. PMID: 35676267, PMCID: PMC9177831, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02015-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderRisk of MDDDepressive disorderMDD subtypesMDD diagnosisRisk categorizationMajor public health problemLongitudinal community-based cohortCommunity-based cohortRisk prediction toolsGenetic variantsPublic health problemPrevalent mental disordersRisk prediction modelMDD cohortMDD patientsGenetic predispositionHealth problemsEarly identificationMental disordersMDD casesPotential genetic variantsDisordersCohortSubtypes
2019
A biologically-informed polygenic score identifies endophenotypes and clinical conditions associated with the insulin receptor function on specific brain regions
Dass S, McCracken K, Pokhvisneva I, Chen LM, Garg E, Nguyen TTT, Wang Z, Barth B, Yaqubi M, McEwen LM, MacIsaac JL, Diorio J, Kobor MS, O'Donnell KJ, Meaney MJ, Silveira PP. A biologically-informed polygenic score identifies endophenotypes and clinical conditions associated with the insulin receptor function on specific brain regions. EBioMedicine 2019, 42: 188-202. PMID: 30922963, PMCID: PMC6491717, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.03.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrainEndophenotypesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHippocampusHumansMalePhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideReceptor, InsulinReproducibility of ResultsConceptsCognitive performancePolygenic scoresRelated mental disordersChild impulsivityIndividual differencesSpecific brain regionsInhibitory controlNeurobiological mechanismsCommunity sampleBrain regionsConventional GWASMesocorticolimbic systemImpulsivityMental disordersPsychopathologyAddictionNeural functionEndophenotypesAlzheimer's diseaseScoresADHDDisordersMemoryFunctioningGenetic score
2018
Epigenetics and Early Life Adversity: Current Evidence and Considerations for Epigenetic Studies in the Context of Child Maltreatment
Bouvette-Turcot A, Meaney M, O’Donnell K. Epigenetics and Early Life Adversity: Current Evidence and Considerations for Epigenetic Studies in the Context of Child Maltreatment. Child Maltreatment Solutions Network 2018, 89-119. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-72589-5_7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental healthEarly adversityEarly life adversityLater mental healthEarly childhood adversityLater riskClinical studiesPreclinical modelsCurrent evidenceMental disordersChildhood adversityLife adversityPutative mechanismsNeural developmentDNA methylationEarly social environmentChild maltreatmentEarly environmentHealthAdversityEpigenetic mechanisms
2016
Chapter 7 Maternal Prenatal Stress and the Developmental Origins of Mental Health The Role of Epigenetics
O’Donnell K, Glover V. Chapter 7 Maternal Prenatal Stress and the Developmental Origins of Mental Health The Role of Epigenetics. 2016, 103-126. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801383-0.00007-4.Chapters
2015
Epigenetics and the developmental origins of vulnerability for mental disorders
Meaney M, O'Donnell K. Epigenetics and the developmental origins of vulnerability for mental disorders. 2015, 317-329. DOI: 10.1002/9781118381953.ch25.Chapters
2014
The persisting effect of maternal mood in pregnancy on childhood psychopathology
O'Donnell KJ, Glover V, Barker ED, O'Connor TG. The persisting effect of maternal mood in pregnancy on childhood psychopathology. Development And Psychopathology 2014, 26: 393-403. PMID: 24621564, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579414000029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal anxietyMaternal moodPostnatal maternal moodLongitudinal studyMaternal prenatal anxietyLarge community samplePrenatal maternal moodOccasions of measurementPsychiatric symptomsChild mental disordersChild psychiatric symptomsEmotional problemsCommunity sampleAvon Longitudinal StudyEmotional symptomsChildhood psychopathologyPostnatal moodAge 4MoodAnxietyPersisting effectProgramming hypothesisMental disordersPrenatal depressionMajor models