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ReviewExperimental neurology2016

Neuroimaging genetic approaches to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Lauren A M Lebois, Jonathan D Wolff, Kerry J Ressler

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Review in Experimental neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pre-trauma cognitive traits predict fear generalization and associated prefrontal functioning in a longitudinal rodent model.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  7. A Review of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2023
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  8. Decision-Making and Abuse, What Relationship in Victims of Violence?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  15. From Engrams to Pathologies of the Brain.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lauren A M LeboisDepartment of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jonathan D WolffDepartment of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Kerry J ResslerDepartment of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: kressler@mclean.harvard.edu.

Funding

Genetic and Trauma-Related Risk Factors for PTSDR01MH071537 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI RESSLER, KERRY J. · 2005 to 2014
$8.5M
Genetic and estrogen-dependent regulation of the human PAC1R receptor and PTSDR01MH096764 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI RESSLER, KERRY J. · 2012 to 2016
$2.1M
Neurobiology of Traumatic Dissociation in a Transdiagnostic Study of Women with Childhood MaltreatmentR21MH112956 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI KAUFMAN, MILISSA L · 2017 to 2018
$446k
Neurobiology of Self-Referential Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Dysfunction and RecoveryF32MH109274 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI LEBOIS, LAUREN ANN MCDONOUGH · 2016 to 2018
$174k
Genetic and Trauma-Related Risk Factors for PTSD: From GWAS to FunctionR56MH071537 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI RESSLER, KERRY J. · 2015 to 2015
$148k
NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH109274NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH071537NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH096764NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH112956NIMH NIH HHS R56 MH071537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroimaging genetic studies that associate genetic and epigenetic variation with neural activity or structure provide an opportunity to link genes to psychiatric disorders, often before psychopathology is discernable in behavior. Here we review neuroimaging genetics studies with participants who have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Results show that genes related to the physiological stress response (e.g., glucocorticoid receptor and activity, neuroendocrine release), learning and memory (e.g., plasticity), mood, and pain perception are tied to neural intermediate phenotypes associated with PTSD. These genes are associated with and sometimes predict neural structure and function in areas involved in attention, executive function, memory, decision-making, emotion regulation, salience of potential threats, and pain perception. Evidence suggests these risk polymorphisms and neural intermediate phenotypes are vulnerabilities toward developing PTSD in the aftermath of trauma, or vulnerabilities toward particular symptoms once PTSD has developed. Work distinguishing between the re-experiencing and dissociative sub-types of PTSD, and examining other PTSD symptom clusters in addition to the re-experiencing and hyperarousal symptoms, will further clarify neurobiological mechanisms and inconsistent findings. Furthermore, an exciting possibility is that genetic associations with PTSD may eventually be understood through differential intermediate phenotypes of neural circuit structure and function, possibly underlying the different symptom clusters seen within PTSD.

Indexed as

BrainEmotionsExecutive FunctionHumansMemoryNeuroimagingReceptors, GlucocorticoidStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticReceptors, GlucocorticoidIntermediate phenotypeMRINeural circuitNeurogeneticsNeuroimaging geneticsPTSDRisk polymorphismTrauma

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PMID27109180
PMCPMC5056798

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