2019
Enhancing the Utility of Preclinical Research in Neuropsychiatry Drug Development
Kaffman A, White JD, Wei L, Johnson FK, Krystal JH. Enhancing the Utility of Preclinical Research in Neuropsychiatry Drug Development. Methods In Molecular Biology 2019, 2011: 3-22. PMID: 31273690, PMCID: PMC6895673, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9554-7_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreclinical researchAnimal modelsPsychiatric conditionsLower clinical success ratesClinical success rateCommon psychiatric conditionsPsychiatric clinical trialsClinical trialsNew pharmacotherapiesMore effective interventionsPreclinical workPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric pathophysiologyMental illnessSystematic reviewEffective interventionsAnimal experimentsDrug development processSuccess rateDrug developmentHuman psychopathologyPharmaceutical companiesPredictive validityLarge pharmaceutical companiesAnimals
2011
New Frontiers in Animal Research of Psychiatric Illness
Kaffman A, Krystal J. New Frontiers in Animal Research of Psychiatric Illness. Methods In Molecular Biology 2011, 829: 3-30. PMID: 22231804, PMCID: PMC3337084, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-458-2_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric illnessAnimal modelsMental illnessHuman psychopathologyValid animal modelCurrent animal modelsNumerous psychiatric disordersMore effective interventionsResearch Domain Criteria projectInternational ClassificationPsychiatric disordersMeasurable endophenotypesIllnessNeurodevelopmental changesSubstance abuseEffective interventionsAnxiety disordersStatistical ManualMolecular changesDevelopmental originsMental disorders diagnostic systemsCircuit developmentTranslational workAnimal researchBehavioral outcomesEarly-life stress, corpus callosum development, hippocampal volumetrics, and anxious behavior in male nonhuman primates
Jackowski A, Perera TD, Abdallah CG, Garrido G, Tang CY, Martinez J, Mathew SJ, Gorman JM, Rosenblum LA, Smith EL, Dwork AJ, Shungu DC, Kaffman A, Gelernter J, Coplan JD, Kaufman J. Early-life stress, corpus callosum development, hippocampal volumetrics, and anxious behavior in male nonhuman primates. Psychiatry Research 2011, 192: 37-44. PMID: 21377844, PMCID: PMC4090111, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnxietyBehavior, AnimalBrain MappingCorpus CallosumCross-Sectional StudiesFearGene FrequencyGenotypeHippocampusImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLinear ModelsMacaca radiataMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsStress, PsychologicalConceptsBrain developmentNonhuman primatesCorpus callosum measurementsMale bonnet monkeysMiddle temporal gyrus volumeCorpus callosum developmentMale nonhuman primatesEarly life stressReduced hippocampusCorpus callosumMRI measuresBonnet monkeysPsychiatric disordersMRI scansHippocampal volumetricsSerotonin transporter genotypeCC sizeStress paradigmHippocampusStress reactivityMorphometry assessmentBehavioral assessmentTransporter genotypeAnxious behaviorEarly stress