Evidence of language-related left hypofrontality in Major Depression: An EEG Beta band study.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 05 2020
Historique:
received: 15 11 2019
accepted: 23 04 2020
entrez: 20 5 2020
pubmed: 20 5 2020
medline: 17 12 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Major depression (MDD) has been associated with an altered EEG frontal asymmetry measured in resting state; nevertheless, this association has showed a weak consistency across studies. In the present study, which starts from an evolutionistic view of psychiatric disorders, we investigated frontal asymmetry in MDD, using language as a probe to test the integrity of large inter- and intra-hemispheric networks and processes. Thirty MDD patients (22 women) and 32 matched controls (HC) were recruited for an EEG recording in resting state and during two linguistic tasks, phonological and semantic. Normalized alpha and beta EEG spectral bands were measured across all three conditions in the two groups. EEG alpha amplitude showed no hemispheric asymmetry, regardless of group, both at rest and during linguistic tasks. During resting state, analysis of EEG beta revealed a lack of hemispheric asymmetry in both groups, but during linguistic tasks, HC exhibited the typical greater left frontal beta activation, whereas MDD patients showed a lack of frontal asymmetry and a significantly lower activation of left frontal sites. In depressed patients, positive affect was negatively correlated with depression levels and positively correlated with left frontal EEG beta amplitude. Language represents the human process that requires the largest level of integration between and within the hemispheres; thus, language asymmetry was a valid probe to test the left frontal alteration encompassing highly impairing psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and MDD. Indeed, these severe diseases are marked by delusions, ruminations, thought disorders, and hallucinations, all of which have a clear linguistic or metalinguistic basis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32424130
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65168-w
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-65168-w
pmc: PMC7235005
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Chiara Spironelli (C)

Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. chiara.spironelli@unipd.it.
Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. chiara.spironelli@unipd.it.

Antonio Maffei (A)

Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Zaira Romeo (Z)

IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy.

Giulia Piazzon (G)

Psychiatric Clinic, Neuroscience Department, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Giordano Padovan (G)

Psychiatric Clinic, Neuroscience Department, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Gianna Magnolfi (G)

Psychiatric Clinic, Neuroscience Department, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Ilenia Pasini (I)

Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Francesca Gomez Homen (F)

ULSS 9, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy.

Graziano Concari (G)

ULSS 9, Bussolengo, Verona, Italy.

Alessandro Angrilli (A)

Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy.

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