Association of Prefrontal-Striatal Functional Pathology With Alcohol Abstinence Days at Treatment Initiation and Heavy Drinking After Treatment Initiation
Blaine SK, Wemm S, Fogelman N, Lacadie C, Seo D, Scheinost D, Sinha R. Association of Prefrontal-Striatal Functional Pathology With Alcohol Abstinence Days at Treatment Initiation and Heavy Drinking After Treatment Initiation. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2020, 177: 1048-1059. PMID: 32854534, PMCID: PMC7606814, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19070703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderTreatment initiationAlcohol abstinenceHeavy drinkingFunctional MRIEarly treatment outcomesEarly treatment phaseHealthy control subjectsEarly outpatient treatmentNumber of daysStress imagesDrinking outcomesChronic alcohol abuseHeavy drinking daysSignificant hyperreactivityControl subjectsOutpatient treatmentStriatal dysfunctionEarly treatmentTreatment outcomesBrain stressFunctional pathologyProspective assessmentTreatment phaseAlcohol abuseAssociations between different dimensions of prenatal distress, neonatal hippocampal connectivity, and infant memory
Scheinost D, Spann MN, McDonough L, Peterson BS, Monk C. Associations between different dimensions of prenatal distress, neonatal hippocampal connectivity, and infant memory. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020, 45: 1272-1279. PMID: 32305039, PMCID: PMC7297970, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-0677-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal maternal distressInfant memoryMaternal distressCortex connectivityPrenatal distressHippocampal connectivityFunctional connectivityNegative psychological statesMeasures of distressHippocampal functional connectivityDifferent dimensionsPregnant adolescentsHippocampal seedsPsychological stateMemory abilityReinforcement taskResting-state imaging dataInfant brainDistressUnique effectsMemoryMultiple dimensionsAdolescentsWeeks post-menstrual agePost-menstrual age