2022
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 QuestionnaireSeverityIllness Chronology, Brain Morphology and Mixed Symptom Presentations in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Emerging Findings from the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE –BD) Project
Sajatovic M, Lavin P, Blumberg H, Eyler L. Illness Chronology, Brain Morphology and Mixed Symptom Presentations in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Emerging Findings from the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE –BD) Project. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2022, 30: s8-s9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2022.01.263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOlder age bipolar disorderBipolar disorderAge-related changesSymptom presentationEvolution of BDLate-onset bipolar disorderBrain structuresMajority of patientsOnset of illnessCourse of illnessGlobal AGEingWorse health outcomesGray matter volumeAge of onsetStructural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) dataMixed featuresClinical factorsEarly mortalityMixed symptomsWhite matter microstructureClinical correlatesCorrelates of ageDepressive episodeFunctional statusRisk factorsBrain structure associated with future suicide thoughts and behaviors in female adolescents with mood disorders
Colic L, Villa L, Dauvermann M, van Velzen L, Sankar A, Goldman D, Panchal P, Kim J, Schmaal L, van Harmelen A, Blumberg H. Brain structure associated with future suicide thoughts and behaviors in female adolescents with mood disorders. Neuroscience Applied 2022, 1: 100781. DOI: 10.1016/j.nsa.2022.100781.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Neuroimaging of emotional brain circuitry in bipolar disorder
Weder N, Chepenik L, Kalmar J, Blumberg H. Neuroimaging of emotional brain circuitry in bipolar disorder. Current Psychosis And Therapeutics Reports 2006, 4: 159-166. DOI: 10.1007/bf02629390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural systemsVentral striatumRegulation of emotionEmotional brain circuitryVentral prefrontal cortexBipolar disorderMotivational behaviorPrefrontal cortexNeurodevelopmental trajectoriesCore featuresBrain circuitryMood-stabilizing medicationsBrain regionsBrain structuresPathophysiologic mechanismsResearch directionsNew research directionsRegional abnormalitiesBeneficial effectsAbnormalitiesEmotionsDisordersStriatumCircuitryAdolescentsThe role of the ventral prefrontal cortex in mood disorders
Fredericks C, Kalmar J, Blumberg H. The role of the ventral prefrontal cortex in mood disorders. 2006, 545-578. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198565741.003.0021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVentral prefrontal cortexMood disordersPrefrontal cortexPregenual anterior cingulateLateral orbitofrontal cortexRostral frontal cortexMajor depressionFrontal cortexAnterior cingulateBipolar disorderOrbitofrontal cortexBrain structuresCortexDisordersMultiple studiesSpecific subregionsNeural systemsSignificant connectivityNeuropathophysiologyCingulate