2021
Macroscopic Structural and Connectome Mapping of the Mouse Brain Using Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Arefin TM, Lee CH, White JD, Zhang J, Kaffman A. Macroscopic Structural and Connectome Mapping of the Mouse Brain Using Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Bio-protocol 2021, 11: e4221. PMID: 34909442, PMCID: PMC8635841, DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressMagnetic resonance imagingMouse brainDiffusion magnetic resonance imagingMouse modelResonance imagingWhole-brain voxel-based analysisVoxel-based analysisClinical trialsPostnatal stressPreclinical studiesNeurological conditionsAdult miceEntire mouse brainStructural abnormalitiesBrain regionsMouse strainsBrain connectivityBrainLife stressTranslational utilityStructural connectivityRodentsMiceTranslational work
2020
Early life stress causes sex-specific changes in adult fronto-limbic connectivity that differentially drive learning
White JD, Arefin TM, Pugliese A, Lee CH, Gassen J, Zhang J, Kaffman A. Early life stress causes sex-specific changes in adult fronto-limbic connectivity that differentially drive learning. ELife 2020, 9: e58301. PMID: 33259286, PMCID: PMC7725504, DOI: 10.7554/elife.58301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life stressSex-specific changesContextual freezing behaviorFronto-limbic connectivityLife stressHigh-resolution diffusion magnetic resonance imagingSex-specific mechanismsMagnetic resonance imagingNeuroanatomical alterationsPostnatal stressDiffusion magnetic resonance imagingMouse modelFronto-limbicResonance imagingModerate responseMalesTranslational workFemalesRodentsFreezing behaviorHuman imagingImagingHypoconnectivityInjury
2011
New Frontiers in Animal Research of Psychiatric Illness
Kaffman A, Krystal J. New Frontiers in Animal Research of Psychiatric Illness. Methods In Molecular Biology 2011, 829: 3-30. PMID: 22231804, PMCID: PMC3337084, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-458-2_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric illnessAnimal modelsMental illnessHuman psychopathologyValid animal modelCurrent animal modelsNumerous psychiatric disordersMore effective interventionsResearch Domain Criteria projectInternational ClassificationPsychiatric disordersMeasurable endophenotypesIllnessNeurodevelopmental changesSubstance abuseEffective interventionsAnxiety disordersStatistical ManualMolecular changesDevelopmental originsMental disorders diagnostic systemsCircuit developmentTranslational workAnimal researchBehavioral outcomes