2022
Aging of the brain in bipolar disorder: Illness- and onset-related effects in cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter volume
Villa L, Colic L, Kim J, Sankar A, Goldman D, Lessing B, Pittman B, Alexopoulos G, van Dyck C, Blumberg H. Aging of the brain in bipolar disorder: Illness- and onset-related effects in cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter volume. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 323: 875-883. PMID: 36526112, PMCID: PMC9839524, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeOccipital cortical thicknessSubcortical gray matter volumesCortical thicknessBipolar disorderMatter volumeOlder adultsOnset of BDIndividuals age 40Striatal gray matter volumeGray matter reductionsOnset bipolar disorderGray matter decreasesPrefrontal cortical thicknessStructural brain differencesHigh suicide riskCross-sectional designHealthy controlsCognitive dysfunctionTreatment resistanceAge 40Striatal volumeSevere symptomsSuicide attempt historySuicide attemptsStructural brain alterations associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people: results from 21 international studies from the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium
van Velzen LS, Dauvermann MR, Colic L, Villa LM, Savage HS, Toenders YJ, Zhu AH, Bright JK, Campos AI, Salminen LE, Ambrogi S, Ayesa-Arriola R, Banaj N, Başgöze Z, Bauer J, Blair K, Blair RJ, Brosch K, Cheng Y, Colle R, Connolly CG, Corruble E, Couvy-Duchesne B, Crespo-Facorro B, Cullen KR, Dannlowski U, Davey CG, Dohm K, Fullerton JM, Gonul AS, Gotlib IH, Grotegerd D, Hahn T, Harrison BJ, He M, Hickie IB, Ho TC, Iorfino F, Jansen A, Jollant F, Kircher T, Klimes-Dougan B, Klug M, Leehr EJ, Lippard ETC, McLaughlin KA, Meinert S, Miller AB, Mitchell PB, Mwangi B, Nenadić I, Ojha A, Overs BJ, Pfarr JK, Piras F, Ringwald KG, Roberts G, Romer G, Sanches M, Sheridan MA, Soares JC, Spalletta G, Stein F, Teresi GI, Tordesillas-Gutiérrez D, Uyar-Demir A, van der Wee NJA, van der Werff SJ, Vermeiren RRJM, Winter A, Wu MJ, Yang TT, Thompson PM, Rentería ME, Jahanshad N, Blumberg HP, van Harmelen AL, Schmaal L. Structural brain alterations associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people: results from 21 international studies from the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 4550-4560. PMID: 36071108, PMCID: PMC9734039, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01734-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMood disordersSuicidal thoughtsSuicide attemptsBrain alterationsMRI metricsSuicidal ideationColumbia-Suicide Severity Rating ScaleStructural brain alterationsLifetime suicide attemptsSeverity Rating ScaleCurrent suicidal ideationActual suicide attemptsHealthy controlsAssessment instrumentsClinical controlEarly interventionMental disordersSignificant associationFrontal poleBrain morphologySuicide riskSuicide attemptersRating ScaleYoung peopleDisordersGender-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 QuestionnaireSeverity
2021
A graph theory‐based whole brain approach to assess mood state differences in adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder
Goldman DA, Sankar A, Colic L, Villa L, Kim JA, Pittman B, Constable RT, Scheinost D, Blumberg HP. A graph theory‐based whole brain approach to assess mood state differences in adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders 2021, 24: 412-423. PMID: 34665907, PMCID: PMC9016085, DOI: 10.1111/bdi.13144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLenticular nucleusFunctional connectivityPrefrontal cortexMood statesYoung adultsLimited brain regionsAcute mood statesRight lenticular nucleusBipolar I disorderDorsal prefrontal cortexPrevious neuroimaging studiesWhole-brain approachTemporal functional connectivityFunctional magnetic resonanceLeft prefrontal cortexBrain dysfunctionContralateral homologuesHealthy controlsI disordersDepression scoresICD increasesRight cerebellumBipolar disorderEarly interventionBrain regions
2017
Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study of Adolescents and Young Adults With Bipolar Disorder
Weathers J, Lippard ETC, Spencer L, Pittman B, Wang F, Blumberg HP. Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study of Adolescents and Young Adults With Bipolar Disorder. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2017, 57: 111-117. PMID: 29413143, PMCID: PMC5806147, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2017.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescents/young adultsDiffusion tensor imaging studyAdolescence/young adulthoodLongitudinal diffusion tensor imaging studyBipolar disorderVentral prefrontal cortexFractional anisotropyYoung adultsHealthy controlsWhite matterImaging studiesUncinate fasciculusYoung adulthoodUF fractional anisotropyWhole-brain analysisClinical factorsTime-related changesSignificant interactionLongitudinal neuroimagingPrefrontal cortexDTI scansNeurodevelopmental pathophysiologyAdultsAgeTrait features