Featured Publications
Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence
Gee DG, Sisk LM, Cohodes EM, Bryce NV. Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5693. PMID: 36171218, PMCID: PMC9519553, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33416-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural effects of controllability as a key dimension of stress exposure
Cohodes EM, Odriozola P, Mandell JD, Caballero C, McCauley S, Zacharek SJ, Hodges HR, Haberman JT, Smith M, Thomas J, Meisner OC, Ellis CT, Hartley CA, Gee DG. Neural effects of controllability as a key dimension of stress exposure. Development And Psychopathology 2022, 35: 218-227. PMID: 35034670, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579421001498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal anterior insulaRight dorsal anterior insulaUncontrollable stress conditionUncontrollable stressStress exposureSex-matched participantsStressor controllabilityInitial exposureFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) acquisitionSubsequent stress exposureNeural effectsAnterior insulaYoung adultsSubsequent stressorsPatterns of activityCross-species evidenceNeural correlatesSubsequent exposureExposureNeural underpinningsPresent studyParticipantsMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisitionAdaptive responseFMRI analysis
2022
Associations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators
Foster JC, Cohodes EM, Brieant AE, McCauley S, Odriozola P, Zacharek SJ, Pierre JC, Hodges HR, Kribakaran S, Haberman JT, Holt-Gosselin B, Gee DG. Associations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2022, 3: 362-373. PMID: 35959474, PMCID: PMC9356644, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressImpact of ELSResting-state functional connectivity dataEffects of ELSLife stress exposureCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic-related stressSignificant direct associationFunctional connectivity dataInternalizing symptomatologyELS exposurePsychiatric illnessOngoing COVID-19 pandemicGeneral populationSample of adultsPsychological functioningFunctional connectivityStress exposureMental healthSymptomatologyNeurobehavioral factorsAssociationEmotion regulationCOVIDDirect association
2020
Influences of early‐life stress on frontolimbic circuitry: Harnessing a dimensional approach to elucidate the effects of heterogeneity in stress exposure
Cohodes EM, Kitt ER, Baskin‐Sommers A, Gee DG. Influences of early‐life stress on frontolimbic circuitry: Harnessing a dimensional approach to elucidate the effects of heterogeneity in stress exposure. Developmental Psychobiology 2020, 63: 153-172. PMID: 32227350, DOI: 10.1002/dev.21969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life stressFrontolimbic circuitryStress exposurePhysical health problemsEffects of stressCircuit maturationGlucocorticoid receptorHealth problemsMajority of studiesMental healthExposure influencePsychobiological effectsDimensional approachEarly experienceDifferential outcomesOutcomesSubsequent vulnerabilityRiskVast heterogeneityExposureInnervationCircuitryBrainSeverityCaregivers