2020
Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity
Xu J, Liu RJ, Fahey S, Frick L, Leckman J, Vaccarino F, Duman RS, Williams K, Swedo S, Pittenger C. Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2020, 178: 48-64. PMID: 32539528, PMCID: PMC8573771, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19070698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal cholinergic interneuronsCholinergic interneuronsMouse brain slicesObsessive-compulsive disorderControl subjectsBrain slicesPediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersIntravenous immunoglobulin treatmentAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAcute mouse brain slicesParvalbumin-expressing GABAergic interneuronsPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderBrain antigensImmunoglobulin treatmentBaseline serumStreptococcal infectionCritical cellular targetsSymptom improvementGABAergic interneuronsInduced autoimmunityIgG antibodiesMouse slicesIndependent cohortBehavioral pathologyNeuron types
2013
Global Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Identifies Frontal Cortex, Striatal, and Cerebellar Dysconnectivity in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Anticevic A, Hu S, Zhang S, Savic A, Billingslea E, Wasylink S, Repovs G, Cole MW, Bednarski S, Krystal JH, Bloch MH, Li CS, Pittenger C. Global Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Identifies Frontal Cortex, Striatal, and Cerebellar Dysconnectivity in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 75: 595-605. PMID: 24314349, PMCID: PMC3969771, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderPrefrontal cortexResting-state functional connectivity dataStriatum/nucleus accumbensVentral striatum/nucleus accumbensResting-state functional connectivity studiesVentral anterior cingulate cortexCortico-striatal circuitsMagnetic Resonance Imaging AnalysisAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional connectivity studiesBasal gangliaControl subjectsFunctional connectivity dataAnterior thalamusRight putamenFrontal cortexNucleus accumbensDorsal striatumCerebellar cortexAbnormal neural connectivityCerebellar dysconnectivityCingulate cortexWhole brainFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis