2024
Does seasonal variation affect the neuroimmune system? A retrospective [11C]PBR28 PET study in healthy individuals
Ibrahim W, An J, Yang Y, Cosgrove K, Matuskey D. Does seasonal variation affect the neuroimmune system? A retrospective [11C]PBR28 PET study in healthy individuals. Neuroscience Letters 2024, 828: 137766. PMID: 38583505, PMCID: PMC11073647, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2024.137766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranslocator protein levelsPositron emission tomographyNeuroimmune systemHealthy individualsHuman studiesPositron emission tomography scanTranslocator proteinTest-retest variabilityBrain TSPO levelsVolume of distributionPositron emission tomography imagingBrain regionsCentral nervous systemTranslocator protein expressionGene polymorphismsCell markersHealthy subjectsTSPO levelsInterindividual variabilityNeuropsychiatric disordersEmission tomographyPET studiesNervous systemMonthsNo significant effect
2020
PTSD is associated with neuroimmune suppression: evidence from PET imaging and postmortem transcriptomic studies
Bhatt S, Hillmer AT, Girgenti MJ, Rusowicz A, Kapinos M, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Matuskey D, Angarita GA, Esterlis I, Davis MT, Southwick SM, Friedman MJ, Duman R, Carson R, Krystal J, Pietrzak R, Cosgrove K. PTSD is associated with neuroimmune suppression: evidence from PET imaging and postmortem transcriptomic studies. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 2360. PMID: 32398677, PMCID: PMC7217830, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15930-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetamidesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdultBrainCase-Control StudiesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMicrogliaMiddle AgedPositron-Emission TomographyPyridinesRadiopharmaceuticalsReceptors, GABAReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 14Sex FactorsStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticYoung AdultConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPeripheral immune activationImmune activationHigher C-reactive protein levelsC-reactive protein levelsTSPO availabilityTranslocator proteinBrain microglial activationTomography brain imagingStress-related pathophysiologyPositron emission tomography (PET) brain imagingNeuroimmune activationMicroglial activationPTSD symptom severityImmunologic regulationPostmortem studiesPTSD subgroupHealthy individualsSymptom severityTrauma exposurePTSD groupStress disorderLower relative expressionBrain imagingPET imaging
2007
Evolving Knowledge of Sex Differences in Brain Structure, Function, and Chemistry
Cosgrove KP, Mazure CM, Staley JK. Evolving Knowledge of Sex Differences in Brain Structure, Function, and Chemistry. Biological Psychiatry 2007, 62: 847-855. PMID: 17544382, PMCID: PMC2711771, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPositron emission tomographyBrain structuresPsychiatric disordersHealthy individualsFemale brainResonance imagingSex differencesGlobal cerebral blood flowRegional volume differencesCerebral blood flowDevastating brain disorderStructural magnetic resonance imagingSex-specific treatmentsGamma-aminobutyric acidEnglish-language literatureSingle photon emissionEpidemiologic evidencePathophysiological mechanismsHealthy menHigh percentageMEDLINE searchSex-specific differencesBlood flow