Brain arousal regulation and depressive symptomatology in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
BMC Neurosci
; 20(1): 43, 2019 08 20.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the stability of brain arousal in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) outpatients with and without depressive symptomatology, and its association with depressive symptom severity and absolute electroencephalogram (EEG) power in different frequency bands.METHODS:
We included 31 outpatient adults (45.16% females), who were diagnosed according to DSM-IV and received no medication. Their arousal stability score (index of the steepness of arousal decline during a 15-min EEG under resting conditions), the absolute EEG power and self-reports, including depressive and ADHD-related symptoms, were analyzed. Participants were split into an unstable and stable arousal group based on the median (= 6) of the arousal stability score.RESULTS:
ADHD patients in the stable group reported more severe depressive symptoms (p = 0.018) and showed reduced absolute EEG power in the delta (0.002 ≤ p ≤ 0.025) and theta (0.011 ≤ p ≤ 0.034) bands compared to those in the unstable group. There was no correlation between the arousal stability score and self-report-scales concerning ADHD-related symptoms (0.214 ≤ p ≤ 0.989), but a positive association with self-reported depressive severity (p = 0.018) and negative association with powers in the EEG delta and theta bands (0.001 ≤ p ≤ 0.033).CONCLUSIONS:
In view of high comorbidity of depression and ADHD in adult patients, these findings support the assumption that brain arousal regulation could be considered as a helpful marker for the clinical differentiation between ADHD and depression.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nivel de Alerta
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Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad
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Encéfalo
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Depresión
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Neurosci
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania