2017
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Symptom Severities Are Differentially Associated With Hippocampal Subfield Volume Loss in Combat Veterans
Averill CL, Satodiya RM, Scott JC, Wrocklage KM, Schweinsburg B, Averill LA, Akiki TJ, Amoroso T, Southwick SM, Krystal JH, Abdallah CG. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Symptom Severities Are Differentially Associated With Hippocampal Subfield Volume Loss in Combat Veterans. Chronic Stress 2017, 1: 2470547017744538. PMID: 29520395, PMCID: PMC5839647, DOI: 10.1177/2470547017744538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderBeck Depression Inventory scoresClinician-Administered PTSD ScaleCornu ammonis 4Depression Inventory scoresHippocampal subfieldsSymptom severityStress disorderPTSD ScaleAlcohol/substance use disorderHippocampal subfield volume lossHigh-resolution structural magnetic resonance imagingInventory scoresAnterior hippocampal regionsStructural magnetic resonance imagingDepressive symptom severityPrefrontal-amygdala circuitrySubstance use disordersBeck Depression InventoryDepression symptom severityMagnetic resonance imagingPosttraumatic stress disorder groupPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsCombat-exposed veteransFuture confirmatory studies
2016
Reduced global functional connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex in major depressive disorder
Murrough JW, Abdallah CG, Anticevic A, Collins KA, Geha P, Averill LA, Schwartz J, DeWilde KE, Averill C, Jia-Wei Yang G, Wong E, Tang CY, Krystal JH, Iosifescu DV, Charney DS. Reduced global functional connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex in major depressive disorder. Human Brain Mapping 2016, 37: 3214-3223. PMID: 27144347, PMCID: PMC4980239, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal brain connectivityMedial prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexRight subgenual anterior cingulate cortexVentromedial prefrontal cortexCingulate cortexMontgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating ScaleSymptom severityBrain connectivitySubgenual anterior cingulate cortexDepression Rating ScaleMedication-free patientsMajor depressive disorderKey pathological featureDepressive symptom severitySubgenual cingulate cortexHum Brain MappAnterior cingulate cortexHigher symptom severityFunctional connectivity analysisFunctional magnetic resonancePathological featuresHealthy groupAltered connectivityDepressive disorder