The Relationship between Depression Severity and Prefrontal Hemodynamic Changes in Adolescents with Major Depression Disorder : A Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study

Objective: : Numerous studies have identified hemodynamic changes in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). However, studies on adolescents with MDD are limited. As adolescence is a stage of rapid brain development, differences may occur depending on age. This study used fNIRS as an objective tool to investigate hemodynamic changes in the frontal lobe according to depression severity and age in adolescents with MDD.

Methods: : Thirty adolescents (12 aged 12-15 years and 18 aged 16-18 years) were retrospectively investigated. The Children's Depression Inventory was used as a psychiatric evaluation scale, fNIRS was used as an objective brain function evaluation tool, and the Verbal Fluency Test was performed.

Results: : During the Verbal Fluency Test, in the younger MDD group, oxygenated-hemoglobin concentration increased in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex region as the severity of depression increased. In the older MDD group, the oxygenated-hemoglobin concentration decreased in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex region as the severity of depression increased.

Conclusion: : These results suggest that fNIRS may be an objective tool for identifying age differences among adolescents with MDD. To generalize the results and verify fNIRS as a potential biomarker tool, follow-up studies with a larger sample group should be conducted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 22(2024), 1 vom: 29. Jan., Seite 118-128

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shin, Jeong Eun [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yun Sung [VerfasserIn]
Park, Seo Young [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Mi Young [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Jong Kwan [VerfasserIn]
Cha, Ji Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yeon Jung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Biomarker
Journal Article
Major depressive disorder
Near-infrared spectroscopy
Prefrontal cortex

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 28.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.9758/cpn.23.1073

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367379139