2020
Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis
Wang X, Xie H, Chen T, Cotton AS, Salminen LE, Logue MW, Clarke-Rubright EK, Wall J, Dennis EL, O’Leary B, Abdallah CG, Andrew E, Baugh LA, Bomyea J, Bruce SE, Bryant R, Choi K, Daniels JK, Davenport ND, Davidson RJ, DeBellis M, deRoon-Cassini T, Disner SG, Fani N, Fercho KA, Fitzgerald J, Forster GL, Frijling JL, Geuze E, Gomaa H, Gordon EM, Grupe D, Harpaz-Rotem I, Haswell CC, Herzog JI, Hofmann D, Hollifield M, Hosseini B, Hudson AR, Ipser J, Jahanshad N, Jovanovic T, Kaufman ML, King AP, Koch SBJ, Koerte IK, Korgaonkar MS, Krystal JH, Larson C, Lebois LAM, Levy I, Li G, Magnotta VA, Manthey A, May G, McLaughlin KA, Mueller SC, Nawijn L, Nelson SM, Neria Y, Nitschke JB, Olff M, Olson EA, Peverill M, Phan K, Rashid FM, Ressler K, Rosso IM, Sambrook K, Schmahl C, Shenton ME, Sierk A, Simons JS, Simons RM, Sponheim SR, Stein MB, Stein DJ, Stevens JS, Straube T, Suarez-Jimenez B, Tamburrino M, Thomopoulos SI, van der Wee NJA, van der Werff SJA, van Erp TGM, van Rooij SJH, van Zuiden M, Varkevisser T, Veltman DJ, Vermeiren RRJM, Walter H, Wang L, Zhu Y, Zhu X, Thompson PM, Morey RA, Liberzon I. Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry 2020, 26: 4331-4343. PMID: 33288872, PMCID: PMC8180531, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-00967-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCerebral CortexGenomicsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticTemporal LobeConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderLateral orbitofrontal gyrusPTSD patientsCortical regionsComorbid depressionCortical volumeVolume abnormalitiesStress disorderSuperior parietal gyrusRegional cortical volumesSuperior temporal gyrusPrefrontal regulatory regionsCerebral cortexControl subjectsRight insularLimbic regionsParietal gyrusPosttraumatic stress symptom severityStress symptom severityDepression symptomsOrbitofrontal gyrusSymptom severityTemporal gyrusPatientsAbnormalities
2017
Cortical thickness reduction in combat exposed U.S. veterans with and without PTSD
Wrocklage KM, Averill LA, Scott J, Averill CL, Schweinsburg B, Trejo M, Roy A, Weisser V, Kelly C, Martini B, Harpaz-Rotem I, Southwick SM, Krystal JH, Abdallah CG. Cortical thickness reduction in combat exposed U.S. veterans with and without PTSD. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2017, 27: 515-525. PMID: 28279623, PMCID: PMC5429865, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinician-Administered PTSD ScalePTSD symptom dimensionsPTSD diagnosisCombat exposureCortical thicknessSymptom dimensionsMagnetic resonance imagingPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsU.S. veteransCortical thinningUnique brain regionsLeft lateral prefrontalAnxious arousalPTSD dimensionsNeural correlatesHigh-resolution magnetic resonance imagingCortical thickness reductionsLateral prefrontalPTSD symptomsDisorder symptomsCombat severityCurrent PTSDPTSD ScalePrefrontal cortexPotential confounds