2024
Cross-continental environmental and genome-wide association study on children and adolescent anxiety and depression
Thapaliya B, Ray B, Farahdel B, Suresh P, Sapkota R, Holla B, Mahadevan J, Chen J, Vaidya N, Perrone-Bizzozero N, Benegal V, Schumann G, Calhoun V, Liu J. Cross-continental environmental and genome-wide association study on children and adolescent anxiety and depression. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2024, 15: 1384298. PMID: 38827440, PMCID: PMC11141390, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1384298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressAdolescent anxietyLife stressMega-analysisCognitive Development StudyHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axisSupport IndexAssociated with anxietyRisk of anxietyExternalizing disordersAdolescent brainGenome-wide association studiesGenetic vulnerabilityAnxietyGenome-wide association analysisPublic health concernDepressionMental healthLinear mixed-effects modelsEnvironmental factorsMixed-effects modelsAssociation studiesTissue enrichment analysisGenetic associationGenomic significance
2023
Dehydroepiandrosterone mediates associations between trauma‐related symptoms and anterior pituitary volume in children and adolescents
Picci G, Casagrande C, Ott L, Petro N, Christopher‐Hayes N, Johnson H, Willett M, Okelberry H, Wang Y, Stephen J, Calhoun V, Wilson T. Dehydroepiandrosterone mediates associations between trauma‐related symptoms and anterior pituitary volume in children and adolescents. Human Brain Mapping 2023, 44: 6388-6398. PMID: 37853842, PMCID: PMC10681633, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrauma-related symptomsAnxiety symptomsPituitary volumeAnterior pituitary volumeConsistent with adult findingsHigh-resolution T1-weighted MRI scansPG volumeEarly life stressLevels of dehydroepiandrosteroneT1-weighted MRI scansDehydroepiandrosterone levelsPituitary glandResponse to stressComorbid anxietyNeurobiological sequelaeSubclinical anxietyLife stressAnxiety/depression symptomsElevated anxietyAdult findingsAssociated with disruptionDevelopmental sampleHealthy youthTrained ratersPubertal window