Association of Lifetime Major Depressive Disorder with Enhanced Attentional Sensitivity Measured with P3 Response in Young Adult Twins

Overview

Journal Biol Psychol

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2022 May 7

PMID 35525377

Authors

Sini M Koskinen

Jyrki Ahveninen

Teija Kujala

Jaakko Kaprio

Brian F ODonnell

Daria Osipova

Richard J Viken

Risto Naatanen

Richard J Rose

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Abstract

Major depression is associated with alterations in the auditory P3 event-related potential (ERP). However, the persistence of these abnormalities after recovery from depressive episodes, especially in young adults, is not well known. Furthermore, the potential influence of substance use on this association is poorly understood. Young adult twin pairs (N = 177) from the longitudinal FinnTwin16 study were studied with a psychiatric interview, and P3a and P3b ERPs elicited by task-irrelevant novel sounds and targets, respectively. Dyadic linear mixed-effect models were used to distinguish the effects of lifetime major depressive disorder from familial factors and effects of alcohol problem drinking and tobacco smoking. P3a amplitude was significantly increased and P3b latency decreased, in individuals with a history of lifetime major depression, when controlling the fixed effects of alcohol abuse, tobacco, gender, twins' birth order, and zygosity. These results suggest that past lifetime major depressive disorder may be associated with enhanced attentional sensitivity.

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