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Peter Kochunov

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Identification of a miRNA signature for schizophrenia in plasma-derived extracellular vesicles

Mary E.W. Collier, Joshua Chiappelli, Hollie Marshall, Nicolas B. Sylvius, Natalie Allcock, Josh Whittingham, Peter Kochunov, Robert M. Schwarcz, Elliot L. Hong, Flaviano Giorgini

The paper identifies a miRNA signature in plasma-derived extracellular vesicles associated with schizophrenia and links one miRNA to working memory and white matter integrity.

bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

Blood and Neuronal Extracellular Vesicle Mitochondrial Disruptions in Schizophrenia

A Ankeeta, Ashutosh Tripathi, Bindu A. Pillai, Yizhou Ma, Joshua Chiappelli, Jennifer Jernberg, Keiko Kunitoki, Xiaoming Michael Du, Si Gao, Bhim Mani Adhikari, Consuelo Walss‐Bass, Giselli Scaini, Peter Kochunov, Anilkumar Pillai, Liyi Elliot Hong

This study finds elevated mitochondrial DNA levels in blood and neuronal extracellular vesicles in schizophrenia patients, linked to brain lactate and developmental stress.

Neuropsychopharmacology · Aug 23, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Mitochondrial Response to Psychological Stress and Its Medial Prefrontal Biomarker Correlates

Ankeeta Ankeeta, Ashutosh Tripathi, Yizhou Ma, Bindu A. Pillai, Joshua Chiappelli, Jennifer N. Jernberg, Alia Warner, Keiko Kunitoki, Bhim M. Adhikari, Si Gao, Xiaoming Michael Du, Loise Kabui, Francisco Pallares Solano, Oluwabunmi Akindona, Zhenyao Ye, , Liyi Elliot Hong

The paper investigates the mitochondrial response to psychological stress using salivary cf-mtDNA and brain imaging, finding associations with brain metabolites and cortical thickness.

bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC CORRELATION BETWEEN SLEEP, BEHAVIOR, AND MACROSCALE CORTICAL GREY MATTER

Masoud Tahmasian, Fateme Samea, Habibolah Khazaie, Mahdi Zarei, Shahrzad Kharabian Masouleh, Felix Hoffstaedter, J. Camilleri, Peter Kochunov, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Simon Bodo Eickhoff, S.L. Valk

The paper shows genetic and phenotypic links between sleep, intelligence, BMI, and depression using neuroimaging and genetic data from two large datasets.

Sleep Medicine · Jul 20, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Personality and local brain structure: their shared genetic basis and reproducibility.

Sofie Louise Valk, Felix Hoffstaedter, Julia A. Camilleri, Peter Kochunov, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Simon Bodo Eickhoff

The paper investigates the genetic overlap between personality traits and local cortical structure in twin samples, finding partial replication of a specific association between frontal surface area and Neuroticism.

NeuroImage · Jun 20, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience