Gender-related association among childhood maltreatment, brain structure and clinical features in bipolar disorder
Colic L, Clark A, Sankar A, Rathi DJ, Goldman DA, Kim JA, Villa LM, Edmiston EK, Lippard ETC, Pittman B, Constable RT, Mazure CM, Blumberg HP. Gender-related association among childhood maltreatment, brain structure and clinical features in bipolar disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2022, 63: 35-46. PMID: 36037590, PMCID: PMC9593266, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.07.186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical featuresBipolar disorderCM severityChildhood maltreatmentLeft hippocampusPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comorbidityBrain structuresStructural magnetic resonance imagingGender-related associationMagnetic resonance imagingGray matter structuresChildhood Trauma QuestionnaireGender-related differencesCM exposureHealthy controlsClinical assessmentDisorder comorbidityMood symptomsPathophysiological modelGender-related effectsResonance imagingHippocampusFrontal poleTrauma QuestionnaireSeverityRethinking “aggression” and impulsivity in bipolar disorder: Risk, clinical and brain circuitry features
Drachman R, Colic L, Sankar A, Spencer L, Goldman DA, Villa LM, Kim JA, Oquendo MA, Pittman B, Blumberg HP. Rethinking “aggression” and impulsivity in bipolar disorder: Risk, clinical and brain circuitry features. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 303: 331-339. PMID: 35181384, PMCID: PMC9109470, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersChildhood Trauma QuestionnaireChildhood maltreatmentBarratt Impulsiveness Scale scoresBipolar disorderAnterior cingulate cortexEmotional childhood maltreatmentElevated mood statesBIS total scoreBilateral orbitofrontal cortexMotor impulsivenessSuicide attemptsOrbitofrontal cortexImpulsiveness scoresMood statesBehavioral dyscontrolCingulate cortexBehavioral constructsTrauma QuestionnaireBrain circuitrySocial behaviorElevated aggressionModest sample sizeBrain regionsSuicide ideation