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ArticleJournal of psychiatric research2022

Subthreshold depressive symptoms relate to cuneus structure: Thickness asymmetry and sex differences.

Vonetta M Dotson, Hannah R Bogoian, Andrew M Gradone, Zinat Taiwo, Lex R Minto

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Article in Journal of psychiatric research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Vonetta M DotsonDepartment of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA, 30302-5010, Georgia; Gerontology Institute, Georgia State University, PO Box 3984, Atlanta, GA, 30302-3984. Electronic address: vdotson1@gsu.edu.
Hannah R BogoianDepartment of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA, 30302-5010, Georgia.
Andrew M GradoneDepartment of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA, 30302-5010, Georgia.
Zinat TaiwoDepartment of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA, 30302-5010, Georgia.
Lex R MintoDepartment of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA, 30302-5010, Georgia.
Georgia State University · US

Funding

CSF, MRI, and PET biomarkers of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG054046 · NIA · RBHS-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI HU, WILLIAM TZU-LUNG · 2016 to 2020
$3.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the prominence of frontolimbic regions in depression research, recent studies also implicate posterior brain regions, including the cuneus. The current study examined the relationship between depressive symptoms and asymmetry in cuneal cortical thickness in healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 81 with primarily subthreshold levels of depressive symptoms. An asymmetry index was calculated for cortical thickness in the cuneus [(left - right) × 100/(left + right)], and regression analyses were conducted with total scores on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale predicting this asymmetry index, controlling for age and sex. Higher depressive symptoms were associated with a left > right asymmetry in cuneal cortical thickness, reflecting greater cortical thickness in the left hemisphere compared to right hemisphere. Follow-up analyses examining CES-D subscales showed significant effects for somatic symptoms of depression, but not negative affect or anhedonia. Analyses stratified by sex yielded significant effects in men but not in women. Results of this preliminary study further support the cuneus' role in depression and highlight the importance of examining symptom dimensions and sex differences in the neurobiology of depression.

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