2020
Early life stress causes sex-specific changes in adult fronto-limbic connectivity that differentially drive learning
White JD, Arefin TM, Pugliese A, Lee CH, Gassen J, Zhang J, Kaffman A. Early life stress causes sex-specific changes in adult fronto-limbic connectivity that differentially drive learning. ELife 2020, 9: e58301. PMID: 33259286, PMCID: PMC7725504, DOI: 10.7554/elife.58301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life stressSex-specific changesContextual freezing behaviorFronto-limbic connectivityLife stressHigh-resolution diffusion magnetic resonance imagingSex-specific mechanismsMagnetic resonance imagingNeuroanatomical alterationsPostnatal stressDiffusion magnetic resonance imagingMouse modelFronto-limbicResonance imagingModerate responseMalesTranslational workFemalesRodentsFreezing behaviorHuman imagingImagingHypoconnectivityInjury
2010
Early-life stress, corticotropin-releasing factor, and serotonin transporter gene: A pilot study
Coplan JD, Abdallah CG, Kaufman J, Gelernter J, Smith EL, Perera TD, Dwork AJ, Kaffman A, Gorman JM, Rosenblum LA, Owens MJ, Nemeroff CB. Early-life stress, corticotropin-releasing factor, and serotonin transporter gene: A pilot study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2010, 36: 289-293. PMID: 20692103, PMCID: PMC3017732, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.07.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life stressCSF CRF concentrationsCRF concentrationsCerebrospinal fluid corticotropin-releasing factor concentrationsCorticotropin-releasing factor concentrationsPilot studyNonhuman primate modelCorticotropin-releasing factorYears of ageEarly life adversitySerotonin transporter gene polymorphismPersistent elevationTransporter gene polymorphismPrimate modelMajor depressionCSF samplesDepressive symptomsGene polymorphismsAllele groupFactor concentrationsLFD conditionsMale bonnet macaquesChildhood abuseSubsequent developmentBonnet macaques