1. Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup
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Huggins, Ashley A, Baird, C Lexi, Briggs, Melvin, Laskowitz, Sarah, Hussain, Ahmed, Fouda, Samar, Haswell, Courtney, Sun, Delin, Salminen, Lauren E, Jahanshad, Neda, Thomopoulos, Sophia I, Veltman, Dick J, Frijling, Jessie L, Olff, Miranda, van Zuiden, Mirjam, Koch, Saskia BJ, Nawjin, Laura, Wang, Li, Zhu, Ye, Li, Gen, Stein, Dan J, Ipser, Jonathan, Seedat, Soraya, du Plessis, Stefan, van den Heuvel, Leigh L, Suarez-Jimenez, Benjamin, Zhu, Xi, Kim, Yoojean, He, Xiaofu, Zilcha-Mano, Sigal, Lazarov, Amit, Neria, Yuval, Stevens, Jennifer S, Ressler, Kerry J, Jovanovic, Tanja, van Rooij, Sanne JH, Fani, Negar, Hudson, Anna R, Mueller, Sven C, Sierk, Anika, Manthey, Antje, Walter, Henrik, Daniels, Judith K, Schmahl, Christian, Herzog, Julia I, Říha, Pavel, Rektor, Ivan, Lebois, Lauren AM, Kaufman, Milissa L, Olson, Elizabeth A, Baker, Justin T, Rosso, Isabelle M, King, Anthony P, Liberzon, Isreal, Angstadt, Mike, Davenport, Nicholas D, Sponheim, Scott R, Disner, Seth G, Straube, Thomas, Hofmann, David, Qi, Rongfeng, Lu, Guang Ming, Baugh, Lee A, Forster, Gina L, Simons, Raluca M, Simons, Jeffrey S, Magnotta, Vincent A, Fercho, Kelene A, Maron-Katz, Adi, Etkin, Amit, Cotton, Andrew S, O’Leary, Erin N, Xie, Hong, Wang, Xin, Quidé, Yann, El-Hage, Wissam, Lissek, Shmuel, Berg, Hannah, Bruce, Steven, Cisler, Josh, Ross, Marisa, Herringa, Ryan J, Grupe, Daniel W, Nitschke, Jack B, Davidson, Richard J, Larson, Christine L, deRoon-Cassini, Terri A, Tomas, Carissa W, Fitzgerald, Jacklynn M, Blackford, Jennifer Urbano, Olatunji, Bunmi O, Kremen, William S, Lyons, Michael J, Franz, Carol E, Gordon, Evan M, May, Geoffrey, Nelson, Steven M, Abdallah, Chadi G, Levy, Ifat, and Harpaz-Rotem, Ilan
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Psychology ,Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) ,Mental Illness ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Anxiety Disorders ,Mental Health ,Brain Disorders ,Mind and Body ,Neurosciences ,Mental health ,Humans ,Stress Disorders ,Post-Traumatic ,Cerebellum ,Female ,Male ,Adult ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Middle Aged ,White Matter ,Gray Matter ,Organ Size ,Deep Learning ,Biological Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Psychiatry ,Clinical sciences ,Biological psychology ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
Although the cerebellum contributes to higher-order cognitive and emotional functions relevant to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), prior research on cerebellar volume in PTSD is scant, particularly when considering subregions that differentially map on to motor, cognitive, and affective functions. In a sample of 4215 adults (PTSD n = 1642; Control n = 2573) across 40 sites from the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD working group, we employed a new state-of-the-art deep-learning based approach for automatic cerebellar parcellation to obtain volumetric estimates for the total cerebellum and 28 subregions. Linear mixed effects models controlling for age, gender, intracranial volume, and site were used to compare cerebellum volumes in PTSD compared to healthy controls (88% trauma-exposed). PTSD was associated with significant grey and white matter reductions of the cerebellum. Compared to controls, people with PTSD demonstrated smaller total cerebellum volume, as well as reduced volume in subregions primarily within the posterior lobe (lobule VIIB, crus II), vermis (VI, VIII), flocculonodular lobe (lobule X), and corpus medullare (all p-FDR
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- 2024