Effects of stressful life events on human brain structure: A longitudinal voxel-based morphometry study

Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Papagni, Sergio Alessandro ^a,b   Benetti, Stefania ^a   Arulanantham, Sobida ^a   McCrory, Eamon ^c   McGuire, Philip ^a   Mechelli, Andrea ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gray matter volume; hippocampus; magnetic resonance imaging; post traumatic stress disorder; stressful life events; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79551642244     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2010.522279     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Anisman H. 2009. Cascading effects of stressors and inflammatory immune system activation: Implications for major depressive disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci 34(1):4-20, Review.
2. Ashburner J. 2007. A fast diffeomorphic image registration algorithm. Neuroimage 38(1):95-113.
3. Bluhm RL, Williamson PC, Osuch EA, Frewen PA, Stevens TK, Boksman K, Neufeld RW, Théberge J, Lanius RA. 2009. Alterations in default network connectivity in posttraumatic stress disorder related to early-life trauma. J Psychiatry Neurosci 34(3):187-194.
4. Bremner JD. 2002. Neuroimaging of childhood trauma. Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry 7(2):104-112.
5. Bremner JD, Elzinga B, Schmahl C, Vermetten E. 2008. Structural and functional plasticity of the human brain in posttraumatic stress disorder. Prog Brain Res 167:171-186, Review.
6. Brugha TS, Cragg D. 1990. The list of threatening experiences: The reliability and validity of a brief life events questionnaire. Acta Psychiatr Scand 82(1):77-81.
7. Cohen RA, Grieve S, Hoth KF, Paul RH, Sweet L, Tate D, Gunstad J, Stroud L, McCaffery J, Hitsman B, Niaura R, Clark CR, McFarlane A, Bryant R, Gordon E, Williams LM. 2006. Early life stress and morphometry of the adult anterior cingulate cortex and caudate nuclei. Biol Psychiatry 59(10): 975-982.
8. Critchley HD. 2009. Psychophysiology of neural, cognitive and affective integration: fMRI and autonomic indicants. Int J Psychophysiol 73(2):88-94.
9. Draganski B, May A. 2008. Training-induced structural changes in the adult human brain. Behav Brain Res 192(1):137-142, Review.
10. Dube SR, Fairweather D, Pearson WS, Felitti VJ, Anda RF, Croft JB. 2009. Cumulative childhood stress and autoimmune diseases in adults. Psychosom Med 71(2):243-250.
11. Ganzel BL, Kim P, Glover GH, Temple E. 2008. Resilience after 9/11: Multimodal neuroimaging evidence for stress-related change in the healthy adult brain. Neuroimage 40(2):788-795.
12. Gianaros PJ, Jennings JR, Sheu LK, Greer PJ, Kuller LH, Matthews KA. 2007. Prospective reports of chronic life stress predict decreased grey matter volume in the hippocampus. Neuroimage 35(2):795-803.
13. Kasai K, Yamasue H, Gilbertson MW, Shenton ME, Rauch SL, Pitman RK. 2008. Evidence for acquired pregenual anterior cingulate gray matter loss from a twin study of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychiatry 63(6):550-556.
14. Lui S, Huang X, Chen L, Tang H, Zhang T, Li X, Li D, Kuang W, Chan RC, Mechelli A, Sweeney JA, Gong Q. 2009. High-field MR imaging reveals an acute impact on brain function in survivors of the magnitude 8.0 earthquake in China. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106(36):15412-15417.
15. McEwen BS. 2007. Physiology and neurobiology of stress and adaptation: Central role of the brain. Physiol Rev 87(3): 873-904, Review.
16. McFarlane AC, McKenzie DP, Van Hooff M, Browne D. 2008. Somatic and psychological dimensions of screening for psychiatric morbidity: A community validation of the SPHERE questionnaire. J Psychosom Res 65(4):337-345.
17. McLaughlin KA, Hatzenbuehler ML. 2009. Mechanisms linking stressful life events and mental health problems in a prospective, community-based sample of adolescents. J Adolesc Health 44(2):153-160.
18. Mechelli A, Price CJ, Friston KJ, Ashburner J. 2005. Voxel-based morphometry of the human brain: Methods and applications. Curr Med Imaging Rev 1:105-113, Review.
19. Park CL. 2010. Making sense of the meaning literature: An integrative review of meaning making and its effects on adjustment to stressful life events. Psychol Bull 136(2): 257-301.
20. Sapolsky RM. 2000. Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy in neuropsychiatric disorders. Arch Gen Psychiatry 57(10): 925-935, Review.