Toshiyuki Ohtani1, Yukika Nishimura2, Katsuyoshi Takahashi3, Reina Ikeda-Sugita3, Naohiro Okada2, Yuji Okazaki4. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan; Safety and Health Organization, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. Electronic address: otanit@chiba-u.jp. 2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan; Michino-o Hospital, Nagasaki 852-8055, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with affective disorders exhibit changes in regional brain function and show abnormal social adaptation. However, to our knowledge, no near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) study has examined the relationship between these two phenomena longitudinally. This study examined the region-specific functional abnormality associated with bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), and the association between particular longitudinal changes in regional activation and social adaptation. METHODS: We evaluated frontotemporal functioning during a verbal fluency test (VFT) for patients with BD (N=18), those with MDD (N=10), and healthy controls (HCs; N=14) using NIRS. NIRS measurements and the Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale (SASS) were administered twice with an interval of approximately 6 months. RESULTS: The BD and MDD groups showed lesser activation than the HCs in the bilateral ventro-lateral prefrontal cortex and the anterior part of the temporal cortex (VLPFC/aTC). Longitudinal changes in SASS scores were positively associated with the extent of change in left VLPFC/aTC activation in the BD group and with right VLPFC/aTC activation in the MDD group. LIMITATIONS: Our small sample size limited statistical power, and the effect of medication and multiple comparisons cannot be excluded, although these effects were considered in the interpretation of the present results. CONCLUSION: Longitudinal increases of VLPFC/aTC activation were associated with improvement in social adaptation in patients with BD and those with MDD. NIRS measurement could be a useful tool for objective evaluation of changes in social adaptation in BD and MDD.
BACKGROUND:Patients with affective disorders exhibit changes in regional brain function and show abnormal social adaptation. However, to our knowledge, no near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) study has examined the relationship between these two phenomena longitudinally. This study examined the region-specific functional abnormality associated with bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), and the association between particular longitudinal changes in regional activation and social adaptation. METHODS: We evaluated frontotemporal functioning during a verbal fluency test (VFT) for patients with BD (N=18), those with MDD (N=10), and healthy controls (HCs; N=14) using NIRS. NIRS measurements and the Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale (SASS) were administered twice with an interval of approximately 6 months. RESULTS: The BD and MDD groups showed lesser activation than the HCs in the bilateral ventro-lateral prefrontal cortex and the anterior part of the temporal cortex (VLPFC/aTC). Longitudinal changes in SASS scores were positively associated with the extent of change in left VLPFC/aTC activation in the BD group and with right VLPFC/aTC activation in the MDD group. LIMITATIONS: Our small sample size limited statistical power, and the effect of medication and multiple comparisons cannot be excluded, although these effects were considered in the interpretation of the present results. CONCLUSION: Longitudinal increases of VLPFC/aTC activation were associated with improvement in social adaptation in patients with BD and those with MDD. NIRS measurement could be a useful tool for objective evaluation of changes in social adaptation in BD and MDD.
Authors: Cyrus S H Ho; Lucas J H Lim; A Q Lim; Nicole H C Chan; R S Tan; S H Lee; Roger C M Ho Journal: Front Psychiatry Date: 2020-05-06 Impact factor: 4.157
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