PMID- 23141153 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130819 LR - 20211021 IS - 1873-7862 (Electronic) IS - 0924-977X (Print) IS - 0924-977X (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Jan TI - Decreased default network connectivity is associated with early life stress in medication-free healthy adults. PG - 24-32 LID - S0924-977X(12)00287-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.10.008 [doi] AB - Early life stress (ELS) is a significant risk factor for psychopathology, although there are few functional imaging studies investigating its effects. Previous literature suggests that ELS is associated with changes in structure and function in the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), which forms the main anterior node of the default network (DN). This study investigated the impact of ELS history on resting state DN connectivity, using seed-based correlation analyses (SCA) involving the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC). Data were analyzed from 22 adult subjects without psychiatric or medical illness (13 with and 9 without ELS); none were taking psychotropic medication. Relative to controls, the ELS group had significant decreases in DN connectivity, observed between the PCC seed and the MPFC and inferior temporal cortex. Further analyses revealed a trend-level increase in connectivity between the amygdala and MPFC associated with ELS history. In conclusion, this study found that subjects with ELS, in the absence of psychiatric illness and medication exposure, demonstrated decreased DN connectivity, and trend-level increases in connectivity between the amygdala and MPFC. These findings suggest that altered resting state connectivity is a correlate of stress exposure, rather than a product of medication or psychiatric morbidity. CI - Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Philip, Noah S AU - Philip NS AD - Laboratory for Clinical and Translational Neuroscience, Butler Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA. Noah_Philip@Brown.edu FAU - Sweet, Lawrence H AU - Sweet LH FAU - Tyrka, Audrey R AU - Tyrka AR FAU - Price, Lawrence H AU - Price LH FAU - Bloom, Rachel F AU - Bloom RF FAU - Carpenter, Linda L AU - Carpenter LL LA - eng GR - R01 MH068767/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - 5R01MH068767-08/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121108 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur Neuropsychopharmacol JT - European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology JID - 9111390 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - *Adolescent Development MH - Adult MH - Amygdala/metabolism/pathology MH - Child MH - *Child Development MH - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders MH - Female MH - Gyrus Cinguli/*metabolism/pathology MH - Humans MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Nerve Net/*metabolism/pathology MH - Neural Pathways MH - Pilot Projects MH - Prefrontal Cortex/*metabolism/pathology MH - Resilience, Psychological MH - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/*metabolism/pathology/psychology MH - Stress, Psychological/metabolism/pathology/psychology MH - Temporal Lobe/*metabolism/pathology PMC - PMC3581700 MID - NIHMS417692 COIS- Conflict of Interest Drs. Philip, Sweet, Tyrka, Price and Carpenter have received research support from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Philip has received research support from Neuronetics and has served as a paid consultant to Gerson Lehrman. Drs. Tyrka, Carpenter, and Price have received research support from Cyberonics, the Department of Defense, Medtronic, and Neuronetics. Dr. Tyrka received an honorarium for continuing medical education from Lundbeck. Dr. Price has served as a paid consultant to Gerson Lehrman, and Dr. Price has served as a paid consultant to Wiley, Springer, Qatar National Research Fund, Abbott, and AstraZeneca. Dr. Carpenter has served as a paid consultant to Abbott, and also acted in a consultant/speaker role without compensation for Neuronetics. Dr. Sweet and Ms. Bloom report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2012/11/13 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/21 06:00 PMCR- 2014/01/01 CRDT- 2012/11/13 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0924-977X(12)00287-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.10.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2013 Jan;23(1):24-32. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.10.008. Epub 2012 Nov 8.