Featured Publications
Associations among negative life events, changes in cortico-limbic connectivity, and psychopathology in the ABCD Study
Brieant AE, Sisk LM, Gee DG. Associations among negative life events, changes in cortico-limbic connectivity, and psychopathology in the ABCD Study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2021, 52: 101022. PMID: 34710799, PMCID: PMC8556598, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.101022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResting-state functional connectivityNegative life eventsLife eventsInternalizing symptomsAdversity exposureCortico-limbic connectivityParental acceptanceAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyLongitudinal structural equation modelLower internalizing symptomsCognitive Development StudyContext of adversityIndirect effectsSample of youthStressful childhood experiencesCortico-limbic networkStructural equation modelLater psychopathologyNeurobiological maturationInternalizing problemsABCD studyFunctional connectivityChildhood experiencesPotential protective effectPsychopathology
2024
Developmental Differences in a Hippocampal-Cingulate Pathway Involved in Learned Safety Following Interpersonal Trauma Exposure
Kribakaran S, DeCross S, Odriozola P, McLaughlin K, Gee D. Developmental Differences in a Hippocampal-Cingulate Pathway Involved in Learned Safety Following Interpersonal Trauma Exposure. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39368629, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSafety signal learningInterpersonal trauma exposureTrauma exposureFunctional connectivityHippocampal activityNeural correlatesConditioned safetyFunctional magnetic resonance imaging dataAnterior hippocampal activationDevelopment of psychopathologyAnterior cingulate subregionsTask-based functional magnetic resonance imaging dataExploratory analysisMagnetic resonance imaging dataMental health sequelaeAmygdala activationAge-related associationsAnterior hippocampalContingency awarenessPTSD symptomsInhibit fearAttenuating fearCingulate subregionsSignal learningFear reductionFamilial risk for depression moderates neural circuitry in healthy preadolescents to predict adolescent depression symptoms in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study
Holt-Gosselin B, Keding T, Rodrigues K, Rueter A, Hendrickson T, Perrone A, Byington N, Houghton A, Miranda-Dominguez O, Feczko E, Fair D, Joormann J, Gee D. Familial risk for depression moderates neural circuitry in healthy preadolescents to predict adolescent depression symptoms in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2024, 68: 101400. PMID: 38870601, PMCID: PMC11225685, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentAdolescent depressive symptomsDepressive symptomsFamilial riskFunctional connectivityResting-state FC patternsCognitive developmentFamily history of depressionAdolescent-onset depressionLow familial riskHistory of depressionElevated familial riskMixed-effects regression analysisNucleus accumbensStriatal FCLR youthHR youthSensory/somatomotor networkFC patternsNeural circuitryNeural markersDepression riskDepressionPreadolescentsLongitudinal studyResponding to threat: Associations between neural reactivity to and behavioral avoidance of threat in pediatric anxiety
Kitt E, Zacharek S, Odriozola P, Nardini C, Hommel G, Martino A, Anderson T, Spencer H, Broussard A, Dean J, Marin C, Silverman W, Lebowitz E, Gee D. Responding to threat: Associations between neural reactivity to and behavioral avoidance of threat in pediatric anxiety. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 351: 818-826. PMID: 38290579, PMCID: PMC10981528, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReactivity to threatMeasures of avoidanceVentral anterior insulaClinician-based measuresNeural reactivityPediatric anxietyAnxiety disordersBehavioral avoidanceFunctional magnetic resonance imaging taskAmygdala functional connectivityVentromedial prefrontal cortexTreatment-seeking sampleAvoidance of threatClinically significant constructsAssociated with tasksGeneralizability of findingsPrefrontal cortexAnterior insulaNeural findingsLaboratory tasksFunctional connectivityAnxietyAmygdalaAvoidanceSignificant constructs
2022
Associations among Household and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages, Resting-state Frontoamygdala Connectivity, and Internalizing Symptoms in Youth
Ip KI, Sisk LM, Horien C, Conley MI, Rapuano KM, Rosenberg MD, Greene AS, Scheinost D, Constable RT, Casey BJ, Baskin-Sommers A, Gee DG. Associations among Household and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages, Resting-state Frontoamygdala Connectivity, and Internalizing Symptoms in Youth. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2022, 34: 1810-1841. PMID: 35104356, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocioeconomic disadvantageNeighbourhood deprivationResting-state functional connectivityInternalizing symptomsSymptoms 1 yearHigher neighborhood deprivationNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantageCognitive Development StudyAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyEarly interventionBilateral amygdalaElevated symptomsNegative connectivitySymptomsFunctional connectivityMental healthPositive connectivityBaselineHigher internalizing symptomsFrontoparietal networkOFC regionsFunctional couplingDeleterious effectsHigh disadvantageNeeds ratioAssociations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators
Foster JC, Cohodes EM, Brieant AE, McCauley S, Odriozola P, Zacharek SJ, Pierre JC, Hodges HR, Kribakaran S, Haberman JT, Holt-Gosselin B, Gee DG. Associations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2022, 3: 362-373. PMID: 35959474, PMCID: PMC9356644, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressImpact of ELSResting-state functional connectivity dataEffects of ELSLife stress exposureCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic-related stressSignificant direct associationFunctional connectivity dataInternalizing symptomatologyELS exposurePsychiatric illnessOngoing COVID-19 pandemicGeneral populationSample of adultsPsychological functioningFunctional connectivityStress exposureMental healthSymptomatologyNeurobehavioral factorsAssociationEmotion regulationCOVIDDirect association
2021
Genetic variation in endocannabinoid signaling is associated with differential network‐level functional connectivity in youth
Sisk LM, Rapuano KM, Conley MI, Greene AS, Horien C, Rosenberg MD, Scheinost D, Constable RT, Glatt CE, Casey BJ, Gee DG. Genetic variation in endocannabinoid signaling is associated with differential network‐level functional connectivity in youth. Journal Of Neuroscience Research 2021, 100: 731-743. PMID: 34496065, PMCID: PMC8866205, DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndocannabinoid signalingAllele carriersLower anxiety symptomsC385A polymorphismNetwork-level functional connectivityEnhanced endocannabinoid signalingLarge-scale resting-state brain networksAnxiety symptomsResting-state brain networksGenotype-associated differencesBrain networksFronto-amygdala connectivityFunctional connectionsCognitive Development StudyNetwork-level changesPotential protective factorsAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyEndocannabinoid systemNetwork-level differencesYounger ageFunctional connectivityProtective factorsNeural phenotypesAnxiety disordersNeural connectivity
2018
Atypical frontoamygdala functional connectivity in youth with autism
Odriozola P, Dajani DR, Burrows CA, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Goodman E, Baez AC, Tottenham N, Uddin LQ, Gee DG. Atypical frontoamygdala functional connectivity in youth with autism. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2018, 37: 100603. PMID: 30581125, PMCID: PMC6570504, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderRostral anterior cingulate cortexFunctional connectivityTD individualsDifferent age-related patternsResting-state functional connectivityOverall group differencesBroad developmental rangeAnterior cingulate cortexSocioemotional functioningSocioemotional impairmentsSpectrum disorderCross-sectional sampleAge-related changesRight basolateral amygdalaCingulate cortexAge-related patternsGroup differencesDevelopmental rangeFrontoamygdala circuitryBasolateral amygdalaAmygdalaIndividualsPrior workImpairment
2016
Stimulus-Elicited Connectivity Influences Resting-State Connectivity Years Later in Human Development: A Prospective Study
Gabard-Durnam LJ, Gee DG, Goff B, Flannery J, Telzer E, Humphreys KL, Lumian DS, Fareri DS, Caldera C, Tottenham N. Stimulus-Elicited Connectivity Influences Resting-State Connectivity Years Later in Human Development: A Prospective Study. Journal Of Neuroscience 2016, 36: 4771-4784. PMID: 27122035, PMCID: PMC4846673, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0598-16.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexFunctional connectivityAmygdala-medial prefrontal cortex circuitInferior frontal gyrusResting-state functional networksFunctional architectureResting-state connectivityAmygdala functional connectivityFunctional network architecturePrefrontal cortex circuitAmygdala-mPFC circuitResting-state networksFunctional connectionsEmotional stimuliCourse of developmentFrontal gyrusAge-related changesPrefrontal cortexMotivate future investigationsCortex circuitPredictive associationsSensitive periodFunctional networksDevelopmental periodBrain function
2013
A Developmental Shift from Positive to Negative Connectivity in Human Amygdala–Prefrontal Circuitry
Gee DG, Humphreys KL, Flannery J, Goff B, Telzer EH, Shapiro M, Hare TA, Bookheimer SY, Tottenham N. A Developmental Shift from Positive to Negative Connectivity in Human Amygdala–Prefrontal Circuitry. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 4584-4593. PMID: 23467374, PMCID: PMC3670947, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3446-12.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmygdala-prefrontal circuitryFunctional connectivityNegative connectivityAmygdala reactivityRecent human imagingParticipants 10 yearsTask-based functional magnetic resonance imagingNegative functional connectivityFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingAmygdala-prefrontal connectivityAmygdala-cortical connectivityAnxiety-related disordersFrontoamygdala circuitryAnimal studiesReciprocal connectionsResonance imagingTracing studyPositive connectivityAdolescent periodEarly childhoodNeurobiological basisEmotional behaviorPresent studyDevelopmental changes
2011
Altered age-related trajectories of amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: A preliminary study
Gee DG, Karlsgodt KH, van Erp TG, Bearden CE, Lieberman MD, Belger A, Perkins DO, Olvet DM, Cornblatt BA, Constable T, Woods SW, Addington J, Cadenhead KS, McGlashan TH, Seidman LJ, Tsuang MT, Walker EF, Cannon TD, Consortium O. Altered age-related trajectories of amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: A preliminary study. Schizophrenia Research 2011, 134: 1-9. PMID: 22056201, PMCID: PMC3245800, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical high riskFunctional connectivityPrefrontal cortexCHR adolescentsHigh riskAmygdala-prefrontal functional connectivityAmygdala-prefrontal circuitryCross-sectional analysisPsychophysiological interaction analysisVLPFC activationIllness onsetAge-related trajectoriesRisk syndromeVentrolateral prefrontal cortexInteraction of ageOvert psychosisAge-related variationsPsychosisAmygdala reactivityBrain connectivityFunctional activationAmygdalaCortexLater deficitsFMRI task
2010
Low frequency fluctuations reveal integrated and segregated processing among the cerebral hemispheres
Gee DG, Biswal BB, Kelly C, Stark DE, Margulies DS, Shehzad Z, Uddin LQ, Klein DF, Banich MT, Castellanos FX, Milham MP. Low frequency fluctuations reveal integrated and segregated processing among the cerebral hemispheres. NeuroImage 2010, 54: 517-527. PMID: 20570737, PMCID: PMC3134281, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResting-state functional connectivityFunctional magnetic resonance imagingFunctional connectivityResting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingInterhemispheric interactionsResting-state fMRI scansSpontaneous low-frequency fluctuationsLow-frequency fluctuationsInterhemispheric processingMagnetic resonance imagingRSFC strengthCerebral hemispheresHomotopic regionsIntrahemispheric processingResonance imagingNegative connectivityEntire cerebrumConnectivity strengthFMRI scansHealthy participantsBOLD signalSegregated processingPresent studyOpposite hemisphereHemisphere