2020
Behavioral and brain signatures of substance use vulnerability in childhood
Rapuano KM, Rosenberg MD, Maza MT, Dennis NJ, Dorji M, Greene AS, Horien C, Scheinost D, Constable R, Casey BJ. Behavioral and brain signatures of substance use vulnerability in childhood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2020, 46: 100878. PMID: 33181393, PMCID: PMC7662869, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100878.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnectome-based predictive modelingSubstance useFunctional connectivityCognitive Development StudyFuture substance useSubstance use vulnerabilityAdolescent substance useSubstance use increasesSubstance use outcomesIndividual differencesAdolescent brainBrain signaturesTask conditionsBehavioral measuresFamilial risk factorsUse outcomesRisky behaviorsLatent dimensionsFamilial factorsBrain modelCurrent studyWeak predictorDevelopment studiesEarly susceptibilityFunctional imaging
2008
Additive effects of serotonin transporter and tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene variation on neural correlates of affective processing
Canli T, Congdon E, Constable R, Lesch K. Additive effects of serotonin transporter and tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene variation on neural correlates of affective processing. Biological Psychology 2008, 79: 118-125. PMID: 18314252, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingEvent-related potentialsNeutral facial expressionsSpecific neural lociWord stimuliEmotional scenesAffective processingAffective stimuliEmotional stimuliVerbal stimuliNeural correlatesIndividual differencesNeural processingNeural locusBrain responsesFacial expressionsConvergent evidenceIndependent study samplesFMRI dataRobust effectCortical regionsStimuliTPH2 genotypeTryptophan hydroxylase 2 geneCurrent study