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Auditory event-related potentials in separating patients with depressive disorders and non-depressed controls : A narrative review (2022)

Kangas, E. S., Vuoriainen, E., Lindeman, S., & Astikainen, P. (2022). Auditory event-related potentials in separating patients with depressive disorders and non-depressed controls : A narrative review. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 179, 119-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.07.003

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All authors or editors: Kangas, Elina S.; Vuoriainen, Elisa; Lindeman, Sari; Astikainen, Piia

Journal or series: International Journal of Psychophysiology

ISSN: 0167-8760

eISSN: 1872-7697

Publication year: 2022

Volume: 179

Pages range: 119-142

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.07.003

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82632

Abstract

This narrative review brings together the findings regarding the differences in the auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) between patients with depressive disorder and non-depressed control subjects. These studies' results can inform us of the possible alterations in sensory-cognitive processing in depressive disorders and the potential of using these ERPs in clinical applications. Auditory P3, mismatch negativity (MMN) and loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials (LDAEP) were the subjects of the investigation. A search in PubMed yielded 84 studies. The findings of the reviewed studies were not highly consistent, but some patterns could be identified. For auditory P3b, the common findings were attenuated amplitude and prolonged latency among depressed patients. Regarding auditory MMN, especially the amplitude of duration deviance MMN was commonly attenuated, and the amplitude of frequency deviance MMN was increased in depressed patients. In LDAEP studies, generally, no differences between depressed patients and non-depressed controls were reported, although some group differences concerning specific depression subtypes were found. This review posits that future research should investigate whether certain stimulus conditions are particularly efficient at separating depressed and non-depressed participant groups. Future studies should contrast responses in different subpopulations of depressed patients, as well as different clinical groups (e.g., depressive disorder and anxiety disorder patients), to investigate the specificity of the auditory ERP alterations for depressive disorders.

Keywords: depression (mental disorders); mental health problems; sense of hearing; auditory perceptions; stimuli (role related to effect); voice; sound intensity; biomarkers; senses; psychophysiology

Free keywords: auditory P3; biomarker; depressive disorder; Loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials; mismatch negativity

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Reporting Year: 2022

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