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Lower synaptic density is associated with depression severity and network alterations
Holmes SE, Scheinost D, Finnema SJ, Naganawa M, Davis MT, DellaGioia N, Nabulsi N, Matuskey D, Angarita GA, Pietrzak RH, Duman RS, Sanacora G, Krystal JH, Carson RE, Esterlis I. Lower synaptic density is associated with depression severity and network alterations. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 1529. PMID: 30948709, PMCID: PMC6449365, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09562-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderLower synaptic densitySynaptic densityPositron emission tomographyFunctional connectivityNetwork alterationsSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2ASymptoms of depressionSynaptic lossDepressive disorderHealthy controlsNerve terminalsDepressive symptomsDepression severityUnmedicated individualsSynaptic connectionsEmission tomographyStress disorderVivo evidenceSymptomsDepressionSeverityDisordersAlterations
2023
Linking resting-state network fluctuations with systems of coherent synaptic density: A multimodal fMRI and 11C-UCB-J PET study
Fang X, Volpi T, Holmes S, Esterlis I, Carson R, Worhunsky P. Linking resting-state network fluctuations with systems of coherent synaptic density: A multimodal fMRI and 11C-UCB-J PET study. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2023, 17: 1124254. PMID: 36908710, PMCID: PMC9995441, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1124254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSynaptic densityRSN activityResting-state network connectivityRSN functional connectivityAnterior default mode networkJ PET studyResting-state fMRIBrain functional organizationDefault mode networkHealthy adult participantsExecutive control networkRSN connectivityFunctional organizationPsychiatric disordersMedial prefrontalSalience networkPET studiesFunctional connectivityHealthy agingFractional amplitudeLow-frequency fluctuationsNeurophysiological linkSynaptic architectureAdult participantsDefault-mode activity