Sahana Kribakaran
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- BS
- University of California Los Angeles, Neuroscience (2015)
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9Publications
117Citations
Publications
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 ResearchCitationsConceptsSafety 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 ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsFrontolimbic 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricAssociations 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEarly 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMental 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPediatric 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2019
Meta-analysis of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comparison With Related Conditions
Kribakaran S, Danese A, Bromis K, Kempton MJ, Gee DG. Meta-analysis of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comparison With Related Conditions. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2019, 5: 23-34. PMID: 31690501, PMCID: PMC6954289, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPediatric PTSDPediatric posttraumatic stress disorderPTSD groupTrauma exposurePosttraumatic stress disorderHippocampal volumeVolumetric brain differencesStructural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studiesStructural brain volumesMagnetic resonance imaging studyResonance imaging studySmaller total gray matterPediatric anxietyPosttraumatic stressAnxiety groupStress disorderNeurobiological differencesBrain differencesSmaller hippocampal volumesPediatric psychiatric conditionsTemporal lobeEffect of agePediatric depressionPsychiatric conditionsComparison group
2015
Layer 4 Pyramidal Neurons Exhibit Robust Dendritic Spine Plasticity In Vivo after Input Deprivation
Miquelajauregui A, Kribakaran S, Mostany R, Badaloni A, Consalez G, Portera-Cailliau C. Layer 4 Pyramidal Neurons Exhibit Robust Dendritic Spine Plasticity In Vivo after Input Deprivation. Journal Of Neuroscience 2015, 35: 7287-7294. PMID: 25948276, PMCID: PMC4420789, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5215-14.2015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPyramidal neuronsInput deprivationWhisker trimmingSynaptic plasticityLayer 4 pyramidal neuronsDendritic spine lossDendritic spine plasticitySensory processingDendritic spine dynamicsRobust synaptic plasticityL4 neuronsSpine lossCre miceLayer 2/3Spine plasticityTransgenic miceElectrophysiological propertiesSpine dynamicsCortex exhibitNeuronsDeprivation resultsTwo-photon microscopyApical tuftMiceVivo