Protocol Number: 01-M-0152

Title:

Adolescence, Puberty, Hormones, and Emotion Regulation: An fMRI Study

Number:

01-M-0152

Summary:

The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to compare how the brains of adolescents and adults are activated during tasks that involve emotional responses.

Evidence suggests that adolescents and adults experience activation in similar brain regions when they engage in tasks that involve the processing of emotional stimuli. However, the degree of task-associated activation may differ between adolescents and adults. This study will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare brain activation patterns in adolescents and adults. This study will also be used to develop emotion-evoking fMRI tasks to determine whether there are puberty and age-linked components of brain development.

Sponsoring Institute:

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Recruitment Detail

Type: Participants currently recruited/enrolled

Gender: Male & Female

Referral Letter Required: No

Population Exclusion(s): None

Eligibility Criteria:

INCLUSION CRITERIA: HEALTHY SUBJECTS:

Age: 9-25 (adolescents/young adults); 25-55 (adults).

Consent: can give consent/assent. Parents will provide consent for all minors.

IQ: all subjects will have an IQ greater than 70; assessment relies on WASI.

Psychopathology: all subjects will be free of any current psychiatric disorder as well as lifetime history of psychosis, pervasive developmental disorder, major affective disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, conduct disorder, ADHD, and anorexia. Assessment relies on comprehensive psychiatric interview.

INCLUSION CRITERIA: ENDOCRINE AND CARRIER PATIENTS

Age: 9-25 (adolescents/young adults); 25-55 (adults).

Consent: can give consent/assent. Parents will provide consent for all minors.

IQ: all subjects will have an IQ greater than 70. Assessment relies on WASI.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Any medical condition that increases risk for MRI (e.g. pacemaker, metallic foreign body in eye).

Pregnancy.

Special Instructions:

Currently Not Provided

Keywords:

Depression

Anxiety

CAH

Adults

FMPP

Emotion

Cushing's Syndrome

Adolescence

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

fMRI

Recruitment Keyword(s):

Healthy Volunteer

HV

MRI

Condition(s):

Mood Disorder

Neurobehavioral Manifestation

Healthy

Investigational Drug(s):

None

Investigational Device(s):

None

Intervention(s):

None

Supporting Site:

National Institute of Mental Health

Contact(s):

Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
Building 61
10 Cloister Court
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4754
Toll Free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 301-594-9774 (local),1-866-411-1010 (toll free)
Fax: 301-480-9793

Electronic Mail:prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov

Citation(s):

The cross-national epidemiology of panic disorder

Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in the United States Results from the National Comorbidity Survey

The risk for early-adulthood anxiety and depressive disorders in adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders

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