[PDF][PDF] Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology

VJ Sydnor, B Larsen, DS Bassett, A Alexander-Bloch… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The human brain undergoes a prolonged period of cortical development that spans multiple
decades. During childhood and adolescence, cortical development progresses from lower …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in the blood–brain barrier: implications for mental health

L Dion-Albert, LB Binder, B Daigle, A Hong-Minh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prevalence of mental disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar
disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SZ) are increasing at alarming rates in our societies …

Standardizing workflows in imaging transcriptomics with the abagen toolbox

RD Markello, A Arnatkeviciute, JB Poline, BD Fulcher… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Gene expression fundamentally shapes the structural and functional architecture of the
human brain. Open-access transcriptomic datasets like the Allen Human Brain Atlas provide …

Cortical structural differences in major depressive disorder correlate with cell type-specific transcriptional signatures

J Li, J Seidlitz, J Suckling, F Fan, GJ Ji, Y Meng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been shown to be associated with structural
abnormalities in a variety of spatially diverse brain regions. However, the correlation …

Connectome gradient dysfunction in major depression and its association with gene expression profiles and treatment outcomes

M Xia, J Liu, A Mechelli, X Sun, Q Ma, X Wang… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit concurrent deficits in both sensory
and higher-order cognitive processing. Connectome studies have suggested a principal …

Inflammation and brain structure in schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders: a Mendelian randomization study

JA Williams, S Burgess, J Suckling, PA Lalousis… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Previous in vitro and postmortem research suggests that inflammation may lead
to structural brain changes via activation of microglia and/or astrocytic dysfunction in a range …

Individual-specific areal-level parcellations improve functional connectivity prediction of behavior

R Kong, Q Yang, E Gordon, A Xue, X Yan… - Cerebral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) allows estimation of
individual-specific cortical parcellations. We have previously developed a multi-session …

Local molecular and global connectomic contributions to cross-disorder cortical abnormalities

JY Hansen, G Shafiei, JW Vogel, K Smart… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Numerous brain disorders demonstrate structural brain abnormalities, which are thought to
arise from molecular perturbations or connectome miswiring. The unique and shared …

Sensory-motor cortices shape functional connectivity dynamics in the human brain

X Kong, R Kong, C Orban, P Wang, S Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Large-scale biophysical circuit models provide mechanistic insights into the micro-scale and
macro-scale properties of brain organization that shape complex patterns of spontaneous …

Understanding the mechanism of action and clinical effects of neuroactive steroids and GABAergic compounds in major depressive disorder

AJ Cutler, GW Mattingly, V Maletic - Translational Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) is thought to result from impaired
connectivity between key brain networks. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the key …