TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Correlations of inflammatory gene pathways, corticolimbic functional activities, and aggression in pediatric bipolar disorder: A preliminary study
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Barzman, Drew
A1  - Eliassen, Jim
A1  - McNamara, Robert
A1  - Abonia, Pablo
A1  - Mossman, Douglas
A1  - Durling, Michele
A1  - Adler, Caleb
A1  - DelBello, Melissa
A1  - Lin, Ping-I
SP  - 107
EP  - 111
VL  - 224
IS  - 2
N2  - The mechanisms underlying aggression in adolescents with bipolar disorder have been poorly understood. The present study has investigated the associations among TNF gene expressions, functional brain activations under the frustrative non-reward task, and aggression in adolescents with bipolar disorder. Baseline gene expressions and aggressive tendencies were measured with the RNA-sequencing and Brief Rating of Aggression by Children and Adolescents (BRACHA), respectively. Our results show that activity levels of left subgenual anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG), right amygdala, left Brodmann area 10 (orbitofrontal cortex), and right thalamus were inversely correlated with BRACHA scores and were activated with frustrative non-reward during the affective Posner Task. In addition, 11 TNF related gene expressions were significantly correlated with activation of amygdala or ACG during the affective Posner Task. Three TNF gene expressions were inversely correlated with BRACHA score while one TNF gene (TNFAIP3) expression was positively correlated with BRACHA score. Therefore, TNF-related inflammatory cytokine genes may play a role in neural activity associated with frustrative non-reward and aggressive behaviors in pediatric bipolar disorder.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.07.009
ID  - ref1
ER  -