Depression; Contingent Negative Variation; Dexamethasone Suppression Test
Abstract :
[en] We tried to relate two different indexes sensitive to the perturbations induced by major depression: the Dexamethasone Suppression Test or DST (Caroll, 1982) and the Contingent Negative Variation (CNV). The question was whether abnormalities in cortisol levels, following dexamethasone would enlight the modifications observed in CNV parameters and other electrophysiological indexes (EEG spectrum, reaction time). In 61 major depressive patients, 29 being DST-non-suppressors, we calculated differences in electrophysiological variables according to DST suppression or not, but we were not able to evidence significant differences between the groups. However, there were correlations between log-transformed levels of cortisol and on the one hand, CNV slope (r = -0.34, P less than 0.03) and on the other hand, reaction time (r = 0.45, P less than 0.01). Correlations between electrophysiological variables appeared in the sole suppressors group (e.g. CNV amplitude and alpha rythm reactivity; post-imperative variation and percent beta of the EEG spectrum). These results underline the complementary aspect of the two methods.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Mantanus, H.
Ansseau, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Legros, Jean-Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
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