2024
Sex differences in the distribution and density of regulatory interneurons in the striatum
Van Zandt M, Flanagan D, Pittenger C. Sex differences in the distribution and density of regulatory interneurons in the striatum. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2024, 18: 1415015. PMID: 39045533, PMCID: PMC11264243, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2024.1415015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFast spiking interneuronsCholinergic interneuronsDorsal striatumSex differencesTourette syndromeVentral striatumNeuropsychiatric disordersSomatostatin expressionContext of psychopathologyHuman neuropsychiatric disordersBasal ganglia functionInvestigate sex differencesNucleus accumbensCaudate-putamenBehavioral pathologyStriatumSomatostatin-expressing interneuronsStriatal interneuronsGABAergic interneuronsMale miceStereological quantificationFemale miceInterneuronsDisordersAccumbens
2023
Postinfectious Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infection, and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder
Vreeland A, Calaprice D, Or-Geva N, Frye R, Agalliu D, Lachman H, Pittenger C, Pallanti S, Williams K, Ma M, Thienemann M, Gagliano A, Mellins E, Frankovich J. Postinfectious Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infection, and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder. Developmental Neuroscience 2023, 45: 361-374. PMID: 37742615, DOI: 10.1159/000534261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndromeObsessive-compulsive disorderGroup A streptococciSydenham's choreaNeuropsychiatric disordersStreptococcal infectionAcute-onset obsessive-compulsive disorderPediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infectionsAssociated with streptococcal infectionsAnimal modelsPediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAnti-neuronal autoantibodiesAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersTriggered by infectionModulate neuronal activityRandomized clinical trialsNeuropsychiatric syndromeNeuropsychiatric manifestationsRheumatologic diseasesClinical trialsA streptococciNeural antigensBasal gangliaClinical syndromeNeuronal activityPleiotropic Association of CACNA1C Variants With Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Wang Z, Lin X, Luo X, Xiao J, Zhang Y, Xu J, Wang S, Zhao F, Wang H, Zheng H, Zhang W, Lin C, Tan Z, Cao L, Wang Z, Tan Y, Chen W, Cao Y, Guo X, Pittenger C, Luo X. Pleiotropic Association of CACNA1C Variants With Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2023, 49: 1174-1184. PMID: 37306960, PMCID: PMC10483336, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbad073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeBipolar disorderNeuropsychiatric disordersIntracranial volumeSingle nucleotide polymorphismsParkinson's diseaseCACNA1C variantsCACNA1C mRNARisk allelesAlcohol use disorderAverage cortical thicknessTotal intracranial volumeMultiple psychiatric disordersFalse discovery rate correctionDifferent neuropsychiatric disordersCortical surface areaBrain cohortCortical thicknessIndependent cohortPsychiatric disordersUse disordersMatter volumeSubcortical structuresSubstance dependenceDiseaseNeuroinflammation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
Vreeland A, Thienemann M, Cunningham M, Muscal E, Pittenger C, Frankovich J. Neuroinflammation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2023, 46: 69-88. PMID: 36740356, DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2022.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndromePediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersSydenham's choreaStreptococcal infectionNeuroinflammatory diseasesNeuropsychiatric syndromeNeuropsychiatric disordersSource of inflammationObsessive-compulsive disorderRheumatological diseasesBasal gangliaClinical trialsClinical dataMajor manifestationsDiagnostic biomarkersImmune systemDisordersDiseaseBehavioral disordersInflammationChoreaSyndromeInfectionFuture studies