Sahana Kribakaran
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2025
Person-centered analyses reveal that developmental adversity at moderate levels and neural threat/safety discrimination are associated with lower anxiety in early adulthood
Sisk L, Keding T, Ruiz S, Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Haberman J, Pierre J, Caballero C, Baskin-Sommers A, Gee D. Person-centered analyses reveal that developmental adversity at moderate levels and neural threat/safety discrimination are associated with lower anxiety in early adulthood. Communications Psychology 2025, 3: 31. PMID: 40044923, PMCID: PMC11882445, DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00193-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural activityAdverse exposuresMiddle childhoodLower anxietyAssociated with lower anxietyWithin-person combinationsPerson-centered analysesPerson-centered approachHigher neural activityPatterns of adversity exposureCorticolimbic circuitryModerate adversityParsing heterogeneityAnxiety symptomsSafety learningDevelopmental adversityLatent profilesLifetime adversityNeurobiological functionsFuture anxietyAnxietyEarly adulthoodAssociated with processesAdversityYoung adultsMultivariate links between the developmental timing of adversity exposure and white matter tract connectivity in adulthood
Sisk L, Keding T, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Pierre J, Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Haberman J, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Caballero C, Gold G, Huang A, Talton A, Gee D. Multivariate links between the developmental timing of adversity exposure and white matter tract connectivity in adulthood. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2025 PMID: 39978462, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhite matter tractsAdverse exposuresPreschool-ageMiddle childhoodMental health in adulthoodDevelopment of white matter tractsEarly-life adversitySymptoms in adulthoodChildhood adversity exposureDevelopmental timing of exposureMental health problemsTiming of adversity exposureMental health burdenCortico-cortical communicationIncreased mental health burdenTract connectivityNeurobiological changesHealth in adulthoodModes of covariationSensorimotor functionMultivariate linksMental healthAdversityAdulthoodHealth burden
2024
Developmental Differences in a Hippocampal-Cingulate Pathway Involved in Learned Safety Following Interpersonal Trauma Exposure
Kribakaran S, DeCross S, Odriozola P, McLaughlin K, Gee D. Developmental Differences in a Hippocampal-Cingulate Pathway Involved in Learned Safety Following Interpersonal Trauma Exposure. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39368629, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSafety signal learningInterpersonal trauma exposureTrauma exposureFunctional connectivityHippocampal activityNeural correlatesConditioned safetyFunctional magnetic resonance imaging dataAnterior hippocampal activationDevelopment of psychopathologyAnterior cingulate subregionsTask-based functional magnetic resonance imaging dataExploratory analysisMagnetic resonance imaging dataMental health sequelaeAmygdala activationAge-related associationsAnterior hippocampalContingency awarenessPTSD symptomsInhibit fearAttenuating fearCingulate subregionsSignal learningFear reduction
2023
Hippocampal Involvement in Safety Signal Learning Varies With Anxiety Among Healthy Adults
Odriozola P, Kribakaran S, Cohodes E, Zacharek S, McCauley S, Haberman J, Quintela L, Hernandez C, Spencer H, Pruessner L, Caballero C, Gee D. Hippocampal Involvement in Safety Signal Learning Varies With Anxiety Among Healthy Adults. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2023, 4: 155-164. PMID: 38298801, PMCID: PMC10829678, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSafety signal learningDorsal anterior cingulate cortexTrait anxietyFear reductionEffects of noveltyHippocampal activationSignal learningThreat responsesNeural mechanismsAnxiety disordersFunctional connectivityVentrolateral prefrontal cortex activationInhibition of fearLow trait anxietyCross-species evidenceInferior frontal gyrusHigh trait anxietyPrefrontal cortex activationAnterior cingulate cortexHealthy adultsNeural correlatesFrontal gyrusAnterior hippocampusCortex activationHippocampal involvement
2022
Lack of Robust Associations Between Prepandemic Coping Strategies and Frontolimbic Circuitry With Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preregistered Longitudinal Study
Holt-Gosselin B, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Foster J, Odriozola P, Zacharek S, Kribakaran S, Haberman J, Hodges H, Gee D. Lack of Robust Associations Between Prepandemic Coping Strategies and Frontolimbic Circuitry With Depression and Anxiety Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preregistered Longitudinal Study. Behavioral Neuroscience 2022, 136: 528-540. PMID: 36395014, PMCID: PMC9884515, DOI: 10.1037/bne0000534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontolimbic circuitryAnxiety symptomsFunctional connectivityMental health outcomesCoping strategiesResting-state functional magnetic resonanceAdaptive coping strategiesLongitudinal studyFunctional magnetic resonanceMental health problemsACC functional connectivityAdaptive copingPreregistered hypothesesInternalizing symptomsNeurobehavioral factorsEmotional responsesPreregistered studyNeurobiological factorsOngoing stressorsElevated symptomsDepression symptomsHealth outcomesCopingCOVID-19 pandemicRobust associationNeural circuitry involved in conditioned inhibition via safety signal learning is sensitive to trauma exposure
Kribakaran S, Odriozola P, Cohodes E, McCauley S, Zacharek S, Hodges H, Haberman J, Pierre J, Gee D. Neural circuitry involved in conditioned inhibition via safety signal learning is sensitive to trauma exposure. Neurobiology Of Stress 2022, 21: 100497. PMID: 36532365, PMCID: PMC9755062, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators
Foster JC, Cohodes EM, Brieant AE, McCauley S, Odriozola P, Zacharek SJ, Pierre JC, Hodges HR, Kribakaran S, Haberman JT, Holt-Gosselin B, Gee DG. Associations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2022, 3: 362-373. PMID: 35959474, PMCID: PMC9356644, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressImpact of ELSResting-state functional connectivity dataEffects of ELSLife stress exposureCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic-related stressSignificant direct associationFunctional connectivity dataInternalizing symptomatologyELS exposurePsychiatric illnessOngoing COVID-19 pandemicGeneral populationSample of adultsPsychological functioningFunctional connectivityStress exposureMental healthSymptomatologyNeurobehavioral factorsAssociationEmotion regulationCOVIDDirect association
2021
Migration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy
Cohodes EM, Kribakaran S, Odriozola P, Bakirci S, McCauley S, Hodges HR, Sisk LM, Zacharek SJ, Gee DG. Migration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy. Developmental Psychobiology 2021, 63: e22158. PMID: 34292596, PMCID: PMC8410670, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthMigration-related traumaEffects of traumaDevelopment of internalizingEarly life adversityEmotion regulationMigrant childrenTransdiagnostic mechanismsTrauma exposureExternalizing symptomatologyTraumatic experiencesRefugee childrenChildren's exposureDevelopmental neurobiologyChildrenYouthInterdisciplinary effortInternalizingTraumaImplicationsAdversityNeurobiologyContext of migrationSymptomatologyLearningLeveraging big data to map neurodevelopmental trajectories in pediatric anxiety
Zacharek SJ, Kribakaran S, Kitt ER, Gee DG. Leveraging big data to map neurodevelopmental trajectories in pediatric anxiety. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2021, 50: 100974. PMID: 34147988, PMCID: PMC8225701, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric anxietyNeurodevelopmental trajectoriesAnxiety disordersNormative brain developmentPrevalent psychiatric conditionAge-related differencesAnxious youthSafety learningUnderstanding of neurodevelopmentAnxietyInconsistent findingsBrain structuresLongitudinal studyNeural structuresPsychiatric conditionsNovel treatment targetsMarker of riskBrain developmentTreatment targetsEarly risk identificationYouthFuture directionsDisordersAdolescenceNeurobiology
2020
Developmental Differences in Neural Responding to Threat and Safety: Implications for Treating Youths With Anxiety
Gee DG, Kribakaran S. Developmental Differences in Neural Responding to Threat and Safety: Implications for Treating Youths With Anxiety. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2020, 177: 378-380. PMID: 32354263, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20020225.Peer-Reviewed Original Research