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NEUROSCIENCE
卷 250, 期 -, 页码 733-742出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.07.042
关键词
depression; stress; HPA-axis; sex differences; fMRI
资金
- National Institutes of Health Office for Research on Women's Health and Mental Health (ORWH-NIMH) [P50 MH082679]
- NIMH [K01 MH091222]
- Harvard Catalyst \ The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (NIH) [UL1 RR025758]
Decades of clinical and basic research indicate significant links between altered hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA)-axis hormone dynamics and major depressive disorder (MDD). Recent neuroimaging studies of MDD highlight abnormalities in stress response circuitry regions which play a role in the regulation of the HPA-axes. However, there is a dearth of research examining these systems in parallel, especially as related to potential trait characteristics. The current study addresses this gap by investigating neural responses to a mild visual stress challenge with real-time assessment of adrenal hormones in women with MDD in remission and controls. Fifteen women with recurrent MDD in remission (rMDD) and 15 healthy control women were scanned on a 3T Siemens MR scanner while viewing neutral and negative (stress-evoking) stimuli. Blood samples were obtained before, during, and after scanning for the measurement of HPA-axis hormone levels. Compared to controls, rMDD women demonstrated higher anxiety ratings, increased cortisol levels, and hyperactivation in the amygdala and hippocampus, p < 0.05, family-wise error (FWE)-corrected in response to the stress challenge. Among rMDD women, amygdala activation was negatively related to cortisol changes and positively associated with the duration of remission. Findings presented here provide evidence for differential effects of altered HPA-axis hormone dynamics on hyperactivity in stress response circuitry regions elicited by a well-validated stress paradigm in women with recurrent MDD in remission. (C) 2013 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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