| Literature DB >> 12206295 |
Linda J Metzger1, Margaret A Carson, Lynn A Paulus, Natasha B Lasko, Stephen R Paige, Roger K Pitman, Scott P Orr.
Abstract
Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been found to show several event-related brain potential (ERP) abnormalities including reduced target P3b amplitude, P50 suppression, and P2 amplitude/intensity slope. Female Vietnam nurse veterans with (n = 29) and without (n = 38) current PTSD completed P50 paired-click, three-tone "oddball" and four-tone stimulus-intensity modulation procedures. Opposite to previous findings, the current PTSD group had larger target P3b amplitudes and increased P2 amplitude/intensity slopes. Reduced P50 suppression was associated with increased severity of general psychopathology, but not with PTSD diagnosis. Findings suggest that target P3b amplitude and P2 amplitude/intensity slope abnormalities reflect different pathophysiological processes. Future research is needed to determine whether the opposite ERP abnormalities observed in this PTSD sample reflect gender-, trauma-, or sample-specific findings.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12206295 DOI: 10.1017/S0048577202001002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychophysiology ISSN: 0048-5772 Impact factor: 4.016