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ReviewBiological psychiatry2015

Diagnostic Biomarkers for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Promising Horizons from Translational Neuroscience Research.

Vasiliki Michopoulos, Seth Davin Norrholm, Tanja Jovanovic

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In one paragraph

Review in Biological psychiatry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04592770 (Effect of Nature-based Exercise on Post-traumatic Growth Among People With Post-traumatic Stress), which is not on this map. Cited by 104 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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104citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04592770 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Nature-based Exercise on Post-traumatic Growth Among People With Post-traumatic Stress: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial Designed to Observe Psychophysiological Alterations Before to After Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of KarachiRan2021 to 2021Enrolled246ConditionsPost Traumatic Stress DisorderArmsNature based walk therapy, Sit in nature
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. PTSD Blood Transcriptome Mega-Analysis: Shared Inflammatory Pathways across Biological Sex and Modes of Trauma.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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  13. Merkel cell stimulation in fear and sensory signaling.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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44 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vasiliki MichopoulosDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta.
Seth Davin NorrholmDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mental Health Service Line, Decatur, Georgia.
Tanja JovanovicDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. Electronic address: tjovano@emory.edu.

Funding

CTSA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR025008 · NCRR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHENS, DAVID S · 2007 to 2011
$29.0M
Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) RenewalUL1TR000454 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHENS, DAVID S · 2012 to 2016
$25.8M
Development, Trauma, and Genotype Effects on Biomarkers of Anxiety in ChildrenR01MH100122 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JOVANOVIC, TANJA · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Neuroimaging correlates of impaired fear inhibition in PTSDR21MH098212 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JOVANOVIC, TANJA · 2012 to 2013
$417k
Neurobiological Correlates of Fear in Veterans with Military Sexual TraumaI01CX001068 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI DAVIS, LORI L. · 2015 to 2020
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CSRD VA I01 CX001068NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000454NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025008NIMH NIH HHS MH098212NIMH NIH HHS MH100122NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100122NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH098212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous disorder that affects individuals exposed to trauma (e.g., combat, interpersonal violence, and natural disasters). Although its diagnostic features have been recently reclassified with the emergence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, the disorder remains characterized by hyperarousal, intrusive reminders of the trauma, avoidance of trauma-related cues, and negative cognition and mood. This heterogeneity indicates the presence of multiple neurobiological mechanisms underlying the etiology and maintenance of PTSD. Translational research spanning the past few decades has revealed several potential avenues for the identification of diagnostic biomarkers for PTSD. These include, but are not limited to, monoaminergic transmitter systems, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, metabolic hormonal pathways, inflammatory mechanisms, psychophysiological reactivity, and neural circuits. The current review provides an update to the literature with regard to the most promising putative PTSD biomarkers, with specific emphasis on the interaction between neurobiological influences on disease risk and symptom progression. Such biomarkers will most likely be identified by multi-dimensional models derived from comprehensive descriptions of molecular, neurobiological, behavioral, and clinical phenotypes.

Indexed as

NeurosciencesTranslational Research, BiomedicalAnimalsBiomarkersHumansStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticBiomarkersBiomarkersInflammationNeuroendocrinologyNeuroimagingPsychophysiologyPTSD

Identifiers

PMID25727177
PMCPMC4520791

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