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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBipolar DisorderBrainCross-Sectional StudiesGray MatterHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingConceptsGray 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 attemptsGender-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
2018
Preliminary examination of gray and white matter structure and longitudinal structural changes in frontal systems associated with future suicide attempts in adolescents and young adults with mood disorders
Lippard ETC, Johnston JAY, Spencer L, Quatrano S, Fan S, Sankar A, Weathers J, Pittman B, Oquendo MA, Blumberg HP. Preliminary examination of gray and white matter structure and longitudinal structural changes in frontal systems associated with future suicide attempts in adolescents and young adults with mood disorders. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2018, 245: 1139-1148. PMID: 30699858, PMCID: PMC6487887, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnisotropyBipolar DisorderCross-Sectional StudiesDepressive Disorder, MajorDiffusion Tensor ImagingFemaleFrontal LobeGray MatterGyrus CinguliHumansInternal CapsuleMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMood DisordersPrefrontal CortexSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedWhite MatterYoung AdultConceptsMood disordersGray matter volumeLongitudinal structural changesSuicide-related behaviorsFuture suicide attemptsFractional anisotropyWhite matter structuresMatter volumeWhite matterSuicide attemptsHigh-resolution structural magnetic resonance imagingYoung adultsWhite matter fractional anisotropyMajor risk factorStructural magnetic resonance imagingCross-sectional studyFrontal white matterPrefrontal gray matter volumeMatter structuresMagnetic resonance imagingDiffusion tensor imagingInternal capsuleRisk factorsAnterior limbPrevention strategiesGray and white matter differences in adolescents and young adults with prior suicide attempts across bipolar and major depressive disorders
Fan S, Lippard ETC, Sankar A, Wallace A, Johnston JAY, Wang F, Pittman B, Spencer L, Oquendo MA, Blumberg HP. Gray and white matter differences in adolescents and young adults with prior suicide attempts across bipolar and major depressive disorders. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2018, 245: 1089-1097. PMID: 30699851, PMCID: PMC6903411, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderYoung adult suicide attemptersNon-suicide attemptersAdult suicide attemptersBipolar disorderSuicide attemptersFractional anisotropyDepressive disorderGM volumePrevention strategiesBrain circuitryYoung adultsBrain circuitry abnormalitiesAdolescents/young adultsWhite matter fractional anisotropyEarly prevention strategiesAdolescence/young adulthoodMagnetic resonance scanningWhite matter alterationsGray matter volumeSuicide prevention strategiesPrior suicide attemptsWM fractional anisotropyWhole-brain analysisWhite matter differences
2017
Multimodal Neuroimaging of Frontolimbic Structure and Function Associated With Suicide Attempts in Adolescents and Young Adults With Bipolar Disorder
Johnston JAY, Wang F, Liu J, Blond BN, Wallace A, Liu J, Spencer L, Cox Lippard ET, Purves KL, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Hermes E, Pittman B, Zhang S, King R, Martin A, Oquendo MA, Blumberg HP. Multimodal Neuroimaging of Frontolimbic Structure and Function Associated With Suicide Attempts in Adolescents and Young Adults With Bipolar Disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2017, 174: 667-675. PMID: 28135845, PMCID: PMC5939580, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15050652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeBipolar disorderWhite matter integrityFunctional connectivityMatter volumeSuicide attemptsAttempt lethalityPrefrontal connectivitySuicidal ideationYoung adult suicide attemptersAmygdala-prefrontal functional connectivityYoung adultsAmygdala functional connectivitySuicide-related symptomsAdult suicide attemptersPrior suicide attemptsRegional gray matter volumeFrontolimbic structuresNonattempter groupFrontolimbic systemsHigh riskSignificant negative correlationFunctional MROrbitofrontal cortexSuicidal behavior
2016
Effects of ANK3 variation on gray and white matter in bipolar disorder
Lippard ETC, Jensen KP, Wang F, Johnston JAY, Spencer L, Pittman B, Gelernter J, Blumberg HP. Effects of ANK3 variation on gray and white matter in bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2016, 22: 1345-1351. PMID: 27240527, PMCID: PMC5133179, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2016.76.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Anterior Cortical Development During Adolescence in Bipolar Disorder
Najt P, Wang F, Spencer L, Johnston JA, Lippard E, Pittman BP, Lacadie C, Staib LH, Papademetris X, Blumberg HP. Anterior Cortical Development During Adolescence in Bipolar Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2015, 79: 303-310. PMID: 26033826, PMCID: PMC4595154, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.03.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite matter expansionBipolar disorderWhite matterAnterior cortexHealthy adolescentsHigh-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansWhite matter increasesResonance imaging scansGray matter decreasesDorsolateral prefrontal cortexMatter expansionHealthy groupImaging scansCortical volumeFrontal cortexNeurodevelopmental abnormalitiesCortical developmentAnterior paralimbicNeurodevelopmental modelLongitudinal neuroimagingPrefrontal cortexCortexLongitudinal studyAdolescents