2023
The functional connectome in obsessive-compulsive disorder: resting-state mega-analysis and machine learning classification for the ENIGMA-OCD consortium
Bruin W, Abe Y, Alonso P, Anticevic A, Backhausen L, Balachander S, Bargallo N, Batistuzzo M, Benedetti F, Bertolin Triquell S, Brem S, Calesella F, Couto B, Denys D, Echevarria M, Eng G, Ferreira S, Feusner J, Grazioplene R, Gruner P, Guo J, Hagen K, Hansen B, Hirano Y, Hoexter M, Jahanshad N, Jaspers-Fayer F, Kasprzak S, Kim M, Koch K, Bin Kwak Y, Kwon J, Lazaro L, Li C, Lochner C, Marsh R, Martínez-Zalacaín I, Menchon J, Moreira P, Morgado P, Nakagawa A, Nakao T, Narayanaswamy J, Nurmi E, Zorrilla J, Piacentini J, Picó-Pérez M, Piras F, Piras F, Pittenger C, Reddy J, Rodriguez-Manrique D, Sakai Y, Shimizu E, Shivakumar V, Simpson B, Soriano-Mas C, Sousa N, Spalletta G, Stern E, Evelyn Stewart S, Szeszko P, Tang J, Thomopoulos S, Thorsen A, Yoshida T, Tomiyama H, Vai B, Veer I, Venkatasubramanian G, Vetter N, Vriend C, Walitza S, Waller L, Wang Z, Watanabe A, Wolff N, Yun J, Zhao Q, van Leeuwen W, van Marle H, van de Mortel L, van der Straten A, van der Werf Y, Thompson P, Stein D, van den Heuvel O, van Wingen G. The functional connectome in obsessive-compulsive disorder: resting-state mega-analysis and machine learning classification for the ENIGMA-OCD consortium. Molecular Psychiatry 2023, 28: 4307-4319. PMID: 37131072, PMCID: PMC10827654, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02077-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObsessive-compulsive disorderHealthy controlsFunctional connectivitySensorimotor networkOCD patientsResting-state functional connectivityWhole-brain functional connectivityResting-state connectivityPathophysiological modelPatient statusAccurate biomarkersWidespread abnormalitiesPatientsMajority of studiesEntire brainGeneralizability of resultsGroup differencesFunctional connectomeAbnormalitiesBiomarkersFunctional networksDisordersCurrent knowledgeIndividual levelIndependent samplesCholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are involved in behavioral abnormalities associated with Cul3 deficiency: Role of prefrontal cortex projections in cognitive deficits
Rapanelli M, Wang W, Hurley E, Feltri M, Pittenger C, Frick L, Yan Z. Cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are involved in behavioral abnormalities associated with Cul3 deficiency: Role of prefrontal cortex projections in cognitive deficits. Translational Psychiatry 2023, 13: 22. PMID: 36693858, PMCID: PMC9873627, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02306-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBF cholinergic neuronsCholinergic neuronsBasal forebrainCognitive deficitsPrefrontal cortexBehavioral abnormalitiesASD-like behavioral abnormalitiesAutism spectrum disorderPrefrontal cortex projectionsSignificant cognitive impairmentChemogenetic stimulationCholinergic dysfunctionCholinergic projectionsChemogenetic inhibitionRisk factorsHealthy miceCortex projectionsPathogenic mechanismsSensory gatingCognitive impairmentNeuronsAbnormalitiesMiceDiminished activityFunction mutations
2022
White matter abnormalities in the Hdc knockout mouse, a model of tic and OCD pathophysiology
Jindachomthong K, Yang C, Huang Y, Coman D, Rapanelli M, Hyder F, Dougherty J, Frick L, Pittenger C. White matter abnormalities in the Hdc knockout mouse, a model of tic and OCD pathophysiology. Frontiers In Molecular Neuroscience 2022, 15: 1037481. PMID: 36504678, PMCID: PMC9731796, DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1037481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTourette syndromeDiffusion tensor imagingDorsal striatumKnockout miceFractional anisotropyCortico-basal ganglia circuitryHDC knockout miceWhite matter abnormalitiesIntact mouse brainBiosynthesis of histamineCortical projectionsNeurochemical abnormalitiesPosterior hypothalamusKO miceVocal ticsFunctional abnormalitiesMyelin productionPathological alterationsDTI literatureOCD pathophysiologyMouse brainBrain regionsKO modelAbnormalitiesTensor imaging
2013
Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders
Williams K, Bloch M, State M, Pittenger C. Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders. 2013, 1048-1060. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199934959.003.0079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTourette syndromeTic disordersCortico-basal ganglia circuitryImmune-brain interactionPost-mortem findingsSubset of casesFunctional imaging studiesAttention deficit disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderVocal ticsDisorder pathophysiologySevere endImaging studiesDeficit disorderSpecific populationsDisordersSyndromeSensory phenomenaRecent findingsHeterogeneous genetic architecturePathophysiologyInterneuronsEtiologyAbnormalitiesFindings