Gene discovery and biological insights into anxiety disorders from a large-scale multi-ancestry genome-wide association study

E Friligkou, S Løkhammer, B Cabrera-Mendoza… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
We leveraged information from more than 1.2 million participants, including 97,383 cases, to
investigate the genetics of anxiety disorders across five continental groups. Through …

cAMP-PKA signaling pathway and anxiety: where do we go next?

D Chen, J Wang, J Cao, G Zhu - Cellular Signalling, 2024 - Elsevier
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is an intracellular second messenger that is
derived from the conversion of adenosine triphosphate catalysed by adenylyl cyclase (AC) …

An honest reckoning with the amygdala and mental illness

AS Fox, AJ Shackman - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2024 - psychiatryonline.org
Anxiety disorders are a leading source of human misery, morbidity, and premature mortality.
Existing treatments are far from curative for many, underscoring the need to clarify the …

PDE4B Missense Variant Increases Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Relevant Phenotypes in Mice

TV Lipina, S Li, ES Petrova… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have associated intronic variants in
PDE4B, encoding cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase-4B (PDE4B), with increased risk for …

Genetic analyses point to alterations in immune-related pathways underpinning the association between psychiatric disorders and COVID-19

A Monistrol-Mula, S Diaz-Torres… - Molecular …, 2025 - nature.com
Current literature suggests that people with psychiatric disorders have a higher risk of
COVID-19 infection and a worse prognosis of the disease. We aimed to study the genetic …

Decoding sex differences in PTSD heritability: A comprehensive twin study

S Katrinli, V Michopoulos - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2024 - psychiatryonline.org
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric condition that develops in
response to experiencing or witnessing traumatic events. Characterized by symptoms such …

Stress-induced changes in the molecular processes underlying fear memories: implications for PTSD and relevant animal models

R Andero - Molecular Psychiatry, 2025 - nature.com
Most of the fear literature on humans and animals tests healthy individuals. However, fear
memories can differ between healthy individuals and those previously exposed to traumatic …

Observational and Genetic Analyses of Traumatic Experiences and Endometriosis

D Koller, S Løkhammer, O Goroshchuk… - JAMA …, 2025 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although psychological traumas have been associated with endometriosis,
limited information is available regarding the role of trauma type and genetic predisposition …

What I was thinking/what I would do differently: Biological markers and mechanisms of mental health

R Andero, T Jovanovic, MB Stein… - Journal of Traumatic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
At the 39th meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, four leading
scientists and clinicians were invited to reflect on their careers, focusing on the biological …