Cognitive function based on theta-gamma coupling vs. clinical diagnosis in older adults with mild cognitive impairment with or without major depressive disorder

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Whether individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) are at a higher risk for cognitive decline than those with MCI alone is still not clear. Previous work suggests that a reduction in prefrontal cortical theta phase-gamma amplitude coupling (TGC) is an early marker of cognitive impairment. This study aimed to determine whether using a TGC cutoff is better at separating individuals with MCI or MCI with remitted MDD (MCI+rMDD) on cognitive performance than their clinical diagnosis. Our hypothesis was that global cognition would differ more between TGC-based groups than diagnostic groups. We analyzed data from 128 MCI (mean age: 71.8, SD: 7.3) and 85 MCI+rMDD (mean age: 70.9, SD: 4.7) participants. Participants completed a comprehensive neuropsychological battery; TGC was measured during the N-back task. An optimal TGC cutoff was determined during the performance of the 2-back. This TGC cutoff was used to classify participants into low vs. high-TGC groups. We then compared Cohen's d of the difference in global cognition between the high and low TGC groups to Cohen's d between the MCI and MCI+rMDD groups. We used bootstrapping to determine 95% confidence intervals for Cohen's d values using the whole sample. As hypothesized, Cohen's d for the difference in global cognition between the TGC groups was larger (0.64 [0.32, 0.88]) than between the diagnostic groups (0.10 [0.004, 0.37]) with a difference between these two Cohen's d's of 0.54 [0.10, 0.80]. Our findings suggest that TGC is a useful marker to identify individuals at high risk for cognitive decline, beyond clinical diagnosis. This could be due to TGC being a sensitive marker of prefrontal cortical dysfunction that would lead to an accelerated cognitive decline.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Translational psychiatry - 14(2024), 1 vom: 19. März, Seite 153

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Englisch

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Brooks, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zomorrodi, Reza [VerfasserIn]
Blumberger, Daniel M [VerfasserIn]
Bowie, Christopher R [VerfasserIn]
Daskalakis, Zafiris J [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Corinne E [VerfasserIn]
Flint, Alastair J [VerfasserIn]
Herrmann, Nathan [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Sanjeev [VerfasserIn]
Lanctôt, Krista L [VerfasserIn]
Mah, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Mulsant, Benoit H [VerfasserIn]
Pollock, Bruce G [VerfasserIn]
Voineskos, Aristotle N [VerfasserIn]
Rajji, Tarek K [VerfasserIn]
PACt-MD Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Mulsant, Benoit H [Sonstige Person]
Rajji, Tarek K [Sonstige Person]
Herrmann, Nathan [Sonstige Person]
Pollock, Bruce G [Sonstige Person]
Blumberger, Daniel M [Sonstige Person]
Bowie, Christopher R [Sonstige Person]
Butters, Meryl A [Sonstige Person]
Fischer, Corinne E [Sonstige Person]
Flint, Alastair J [Sonstige Person]
Golas, Angela [Sonstige Person]
Graff, Ariel [Sonstige Person]
Kennedy, James L [Sonstige Person]
Kumar, Sanjeev [Sonstige Person]
Lanctôt, Krista L [Sonstige Person]
Lourenco, Lillian [Sonstige Person]
Mah, Linda [Sonstige Person]
Ovaysikia, Shima [Sonstige Person]
Rapoport, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Thorpe, Kevin E [Sonstige Person]
Verhoeff, Nicolaas P L G [Sonstige Person]
Voineskos, Aristotle [Sonstige Person]

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Date Completed 21.03.2024

Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41398-024-02856-5

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NLM36993346X