2024
Imaging a putative marker of brain cortisol regulation in alcohol use disorder
Verplaetse T, Hillmer A, Bhatt S, Rusowicz A, Li S, Nabulsi N, Matuskey D, Huang Y, McKee S, Cosgrove K. Imaging a putative marker of brain cortisol regulation in alcohol use disorder. Neurobiology Of Stress 2024, 29: 100609. PMID: 38304303, PMCID: PMC10832501, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol use disorderAnterior cingulate cortexDrinking days/weekModerate to severe alcohol use disorderHealthy controlsHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axisSevere alcohol use disorderPositron emission tomographyHPA axis dysfunctionHPA axis functionRelease of glucocorticoid hormonesAlcohol consumptionAssociated with drinkingVentromedial PFCCingulate cortexHigh-resolution research tomographHPA activityUse disorderDrinking episodesCortisol regulationAxis functionVmPFCPeripheral cortisolBrain availabilityDisordered background
2019
Social status and demographic effects of the kappa opioid receptor: a PET imaging study with a novel agonist radiotracer in healthy volunteers
Matuskey D, Dias M, Naganawa M, Pittman B, Henry S, Li S, Gao H, Ropchan J, Nabulsi N, Carson RE, Huang Y. Social status and demographic effects of the kappa opioid receptor: a PET imaging study with a novel agonist radiotracer in healthy volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019, 44: 1714-1719. PMID: 30928993, PMCID: PMC6785144, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0379-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexKappa-opioid receptorsPositron emission tomographyAgonist radiotracerKOR systemOpioid receptorsTime-activity curvesBarratt Simplified MeasureAnterior cingulate cortexArterial blood samplingMultilinear analysis-1 (MA1) methodPET imaging studiesKOR levelsMass indexPreclinical modelsFrontal cortexHealthy volunteersRegional time-activity curvesBlood samplingPET scansCingulate cortexImaging studiesEmission tomographyVentral striatumRegional volumes
2017
Multimodal Investigation of Network Level Effects Using Intrinsic Functional Connectivity, Anatomical Covariance, and Structure-to-Function Correlations in Unmedicated Major Depressive Disorder
Scheinost D, Holmes SE, DellaGioia N, Schleifer C, Matuskey D, Abdallah CG, Hampson M, Krystal JH, Anticevic A, Esterlis I. Multimodal Investigation of Network Level Effects Using Intrinsic Functional Connectivity, Anatomical Covariance, and Structure-to-Function Correlations in Unmedicated Major Depressive Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2017, 43: 1119-1127. PMID: 28944772, PMCID: PMC5854800, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2017.229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderAnterior cingulate cortexIntrinsic functional connectivityMedial prefrontal cortexFunctional connectivityLarge-scale brain networksDepressive disorderMDD groupAnatomical covarianceBrain networksUnmedicated major depressive disorderWhole-brain intrinsic functional connectivitySystem-level disorderIntrinsic connectivity distributionRegional brain structureMultiple brain networksAltered connectivityCommon findingHealthy comparison participantsDepressive symptomsAltered volumeUnmedicated individualsLocal circuitryCingulate cortexDepressive symptomatology