Reduced Sensitivity to Non-Fear-Related Stimulus Changes in Panic Disorder
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Reduced Sensitivity to Non-Fear-Related Stimulus Changes in Panic Disorder. / Rentzsch, Johannes; Thoma, Lars; Gaudlitz, Katharina; Tänzer, Nicole; Gallinat, Jürgen; Kathmann, Norbert; Ströhle, Andreas; Plag, Jens.
In: NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY, Vol. 78, No. 1, 2019, p. 31-37.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Reduced Sensitivity to Non-Fear-Related Stimulus Changes in Panic Disorder
AU - Rentzsch, Johannes
AU - Thoma, Lars
AU - Gaudlitz, Katharina
AU - Tänzer, Nicole
AU - Gallinat, Jürgen
AU - Kathmann, Norbert
AU - Ströhle, Andreas
AU - Plag, Jens
N1 - © 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Panic disorder (PD) is associated with increased body vigilance and reduced cognitive resources directed at non-fear-related stimuli, particularly in the absence of stimulus-rich environments. To date, only few studies have investigated whether this deficit in PD is reflected in reduced mismatch negativity (MMN), an event-related potential indexing preattentive sensitivity to unexpected stimulus changes. We tested 35 patients affected by PD and 42 matched healthy controls in an oddball paradigm, using frequency and duration deviant stimuli to measure auditory MMN. PD patients displayed reduced duration MMN amplitudes in comparison to healthy controls. No group differences were detected for duration MMN latency, as well as frequency MMN indices. Results support the notion of reduced processing of non-fear-related stimuli in PD patients, particularly with regard to the preattentive processing of sound duration deviants. Additionally, our findings are in line with clinical studies reporting divergent deficits in preattentive processing of frequency and duration deviants.
AB - Panic disorder (PD) is associated with increased body vigilance and reduced cognitive resources directed at non-fear-related stimuli, particularly in the absence of stimulus-rich environments. To date, only few studies have investigated whether this deficit in PD is reflected in reduced mismatch negativity (MMN), an event-related potential indexing preattentive sensitivity to unexpected stimulus changes. We tested 35 patients affected by PD and 42 matched healthy controls in an oddball paradigm, using frequency and duration deviant stimuli to measure auditory MMN. PD patients displayed reduced duration MMN amplitudes in comparison to healthy controls. No group differences were detected for duration MMN latency, as well as frequency MMN indices. Results support the notion of reduced processing of non-fear-related stimuli in PD patients, particularly with regard to the preattentive processing of sound duration deviants. Additionally, our findings are in line with clinical studies reporting divergent deficits in preattentive processing of frequency and duration deviants.
KW - Adult
KW - Attention/physiology
KW - Auditory Perception/physiology
KW - Brain/physiopathology
KW - Electroencephalography
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Panic Disorder/physiopathology
U2 - 10.1159/000498867
DO - 10.1159/000498867
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 30947222
VL - 78
SP - 31
EP - 37
JO - NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY
JF - NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY
SN - 0302-282X
IS - 1
ER -