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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2021

Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis.

Xin Wang, Hong Xie, Tian Chen, Andrew S Cotton, Lauren E Salminen, Mark W Logue, Emily K Clarke-Rubright, John Wall, Emily L Dennis, Brian M O'Leary and 87 more

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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97 authors at 20 institutions in 11 countries.

Xin WangDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA. xin.wang2@utoledo.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1524-2902
Hong XieDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
Tian ChenDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
Andrew S CottonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
Lauren E SalminenImaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA.
Mark W LogueNational Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Emily K Clarke-RubrightBrain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3553-2990
John WallDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
Emily L DennisImaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA.
Brian M O'LearyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
Chadi G AbdallahClinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5783-6181
Elpiniki AndrewUniversity of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Lee A BaughDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
Jessica BomyeaCenter of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA.
Steven E BruceCenter for Trauma Recovery, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Richard BryantSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9607-819X
Kyle ChoiHealth Services Research Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Judith K DanielsDepartment of Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Nicholas D DavenportMinneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Richard J DavidsonCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-4964
Michael DeBellisDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Terri deRoon-CassiniDepartment of Surgery, Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Seth G DisnerMinneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-9421
Negar FaniDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7720-252X
Kelene A FerchoDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
Jacklynn FitzgeraldDepartment of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Gina L ForsterDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
Jessie L FrijlingDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Elbert GeuzeBrain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-2379
Hassaan GomaaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Evan M GordonDepartment of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Dan GrupeDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-7572
Ilan Harpaz-RotemClinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6066-9406
Courtney C HaswellBrain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Julia I HerzogDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-5466
David HofmannInstitute of Medical Psychology and Systems Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Michael HollifieldProgram for Traumatic Stress, Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA.
Bobak HosseiniDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Anna R HudsonDepartment of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Jonathan IpserDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Neda JahanshadImaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4401-8950
Tanja JovanovicDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Milissa L KaufmanDivision of Women's Mental Health, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
Anthony P KingDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-9625
Saskia B J KochDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3628-6712
Inga K KoertePsychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1281-9286
Mayuresh S KorgaonkarBrain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1339-2221
John H KrystalClinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-1726
Christine LarsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Lauren A M LeboisDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-9181
Ifat LevyClinical Neuroscience Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7851-9070
Gen LiInstitute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Vincent A MagnottaDepartments of Radiology, Psychiatry, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Antje MantheyCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Geoffrey MayVISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Doris Miller VA Medical Center, Waco, TX, USA.
Katie A McLaughlinDepartment of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Sven C MuellerDepartment of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1661-3840
Laura NawijnDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Steven M NelsonVISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Doris Miller VA Medical Center, Waco, TX, USA.
Yuval NeriaDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jack B NitschkeDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Miranda OlffDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Elizabeth A OlsonDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Matthew PeverillDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
K Luan PhanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Faisal M RashidImaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA.
Kerry ResslerDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-1103
Isabelle M RossoDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kelly SambrookDepartment of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Christian SchmahlDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Martha E ShentonDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Anika SierkCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Jeffrey S SimonsSioux Falls VA Health Care System, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
Raluca M SimonsCenter for Brain and Behavior Research, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
Scott R SponheimMinneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-0856
Murray B SteinDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9564-2871
Dan J SteinSAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-7810
Jennifer S StevensDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4674-0314
Thomas StraubeInstitute of Medical Psychology and Systems Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Benjamin Suarez-JimenezDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-2458
Marijo TamburrinoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-8347
Sophia I ThomopoulosImaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA.
Nic J A van der WeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Steven J A van der WerffDepartment of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Theo G M van ErpClinical Translational Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2465-2797
Sanne J H van RooijDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0160-7248
Mirjam van ZuidenDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tim VarkevisserBrain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Dick J VeltmanDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location VU University Medical Center, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Robert R J M VermeirenChild and Adolescent Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Henrik WalterCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9403-6121
Li WangDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1459-3412
Ye ZhuInstitute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xi ZhuDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Paul M ThompsonImaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging & Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA.
Rajendra A MoreyBrain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Israel LiberzonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4990-556X
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Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
University of California Health Participation in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)UL1TR001414 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M, VILAIN, ERIC J. · 2015 to 2023
$35.1M
Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) RenewalUL1TR000454 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHENS, DAVID S · 2012 to 2016
$25.8M
WISCONSIN CENTER ON MENTAL RETARDATION: CORE SUPPORTP30HD003352 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DAVIDSON, RICHARD J · 1985 to 2015
$25.2M
X LINKED NYSTAGMUS SYNDROME WITH FEATURES OF ALBINISMM01RR000039 · NCRR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI QUYYUMI, ARSHED A · 1985 to 2007
$21.3M
TR&D3: Intrinsic Surface MappingP41EB015922 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI VAN HORN, JOHN DARRELL · 2012 to 2022
$14.1M
Institute for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR000153 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M · 2012 to 2015
$12.1M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN EMOTION RESEARCHT32MH018931 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Richard J Davidson · 1989 to 2026
$11.6M
Training U54EB020403 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI THOMPSON, PAUL M · 2014 to 2018
$10.1M
NCANDA Research Project Site: DukeU01AA021681 · NIAAA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID B. GOLDSTON · 2012 to 2026
$9.8M
Neural Substrates of Affective Style and Emotion RegulationR01MH043454 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DAVIDSON, RICHARD J, SCHAEFER, STACEY M · 1989 to 2022
$9.6M
Genetic and Trauma-Related Risk Factors for PTSDR01MH071537 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI RESSLER, KERRY J. · 2005 to 2014
$8.5M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report volume abnormalities in multiple regions of the cerebral cortex. However, findings for many regions, particularly regions outside commonly studied emotion-related prefrontal, insular, and limbic regions, are inconsistent and tentative. Also, few studies address the possibility that PTSD abnormalities may be confounded by comorbid depression. A mega-analysis investigating all cortical regions in a large sample of PTSD and control subjects can potentially provide new insight into these issues. Given this perspective, our group aggregated regional volumes data of 68 cortical regions across both hemispheres from 1379 PTSD patients to 2192 controls without PTSD after data were processed by 32 international laboratories using ENIGMA standardized procedures. We examined whether regional cortical volumes were different in PTSD vs. controls, were associated with posttraumatic stress symptom (PTSS) severity, or were affected by comorbid depression. Volumes of left and right lateral orbitofrontal gyri (LOFG), left superior temporal gyrus, and right insular, lingual and superior parietal gyri were significantly smaller, on average, in PTSD patients than controls (standardized coefficients = -0.111 to -0.068, FDR corrected P values < 0.039) and were significantly negatively correlated with PTSS severity. After adjusting for depression symptoms, the PTSD findings in left and right LOFG remained significant. These findings indicate that cortical volumes in PTSD patients are smaller in prefrontal regulatory regions, as well as in broader emotion and sensory processing cortical regions.

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticCerebral CortexGenomicsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingTemporal Lobe

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PMID33288872
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