Lauren Salminen

Assistant Professor of Research Neurology

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Research Funding

  • Worldwide Mapping of Air Pollution Exposure Patterns on Aging Brain Health
    NIH · R01ES033961 · Sep 6, 2022 – Jun 30, 2028 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Impact of Genetic Risk for Increased Oxidative Stress on Brain Integrity
    NIH · F31AG050450 · May 1, 2015 – Apr 30, 2018 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Shared and specific associations of amygdala nuclei volumes with PTSD symptom domains and childhood trauma: An ENIGMA-PGC PTSD mega-analysis. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Jul 02.. View in PubMed
  • Air pollution is linked to divergent cortical thickness patterns in brain regions vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease. Neurotoxicology. 2026 Jul; 115:103495.. View in PubMed
  • Biopsychosocial risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in UK immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). medRxiv. 2026 May 13.. View in PubMed
  • Alzheimer’s disease-like brain pattern biomarker: capturing risks and predicting disease onset. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Sep; 31(9):5293-5302.. View in PubMed
  • Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in PTSD: Results From the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD Working Group. Am J Psychiatry. 2026 May 01; 183(5):333-342.. View in PubMed
  • Disrupted intrathalamic and thalamocortical structural covariance networks in posttraumatic stress disorder. Netw Neurosci. 2026; 10(1):244-266.. View in PubMed
  • Brain macrostructure correlates of financial altruism in older adults without dementia. Brain Imaging Behav. 2026 Mar 17; 20(2).. View in PubMed
  • The unique effects of chronic exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and indoor radon on subcortical brain morphology in youth. Neurotoxicology. 2026 May; 114:103417.. View in PubMed
  • Childhood Maltreatment and Deviations From Normative Brain Structure: A Mega-Analysis of 3711 Individuals From the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder and ENIGMA Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Working Groups. Biol Psychiatry. 2026 Sep 15; 100(6):648-661.. View in PubMed
  • Association between late-life air pollution exposure and medial temporal lobe atrophy in older women. Neurotoxicology. 2026 Jan; 112:103378.. View in PubMed