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2021 , Vol. 41 >Issue 8: 1041 - 1045

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2021.08.007

Clinical research

Comparison of mismatch negativity in patients with schizophrenia and depression

  • Meng-ting SHEN ,
  • Xuan-hong ZHANG ,
  • Zhen-ying QIAN ,
  • Hui LI ,
  • Jian-hua SHENG ,
  • Ji-jun WANG ,
  • Ying-ying TANG
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  • Department of EEG and Neuroimaging, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
ZHANG Xuan-hong, E-mail: zhangxuanhong403@163.com. #Co-corresponding authors.
TANG Ying-ying, E-mail: yytang0522@gmail.com

Online published: 2021-08-13

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(81671332);National Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(7ZR1424700)

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Abstract

Objective

·To compare the difference of mismatch negativity (MMN) between first-episode schizophrenia and depression and its correlation with clinical characteristics, and explore the role of pre-attention processing in the mechanisms of schizophrenia and depression.

Methods

·Twenty patients with schizophrenia and 19 patients with depression were selected in the outpatient department of Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine from January 2014 to December 2016. Healthy controls were also recruited. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was used to measure the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia. Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) were used to measure the clinical symptoms of depression. All patients and healthy controls completed MMN detection and clinical scale assessments. The amplitudes and latencies of duration MMN (DMMN) and frequency MMN (FMMN) were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance with group as the between-group factors. The midline electrodes (Fz, Fcz) were used as the with-in group factor; meanwhile, region (F, Fc) and laterality (1 for left, 2 for right) were used as the within-group factors for lateral electrodes and the factor sex was used as covariate. Partial correlations was performed to find the correlation between MMN and clinical characteristics.

Results

·① The amplitude of DMMN in patients with schizophrenia 2 for [(-2.70±2.46) μV)] was lower than that in patients with depression [(-5.06±0.46) μV] and healthy controls [(-5.15±0.43) μV] (both P≤0.001). No significant group differences of DMMN latency were observed at midline or lateral electrodes (All P>0.05). ② There was no significant group difference of FMMN amplitudes at midline electrodes (P>0.05) but a significant between-group difference at lateral electrodes (P=0.040). No significant group differences of FMMN latency were observed at midline or lateral electrodes (All P>0.05). ③ There was a significant correlation between DMMN amplitudes at F2 (P=0.042) or Fz (P=0.032) and general scores of PANSS in schizophrenia patients. There was no correlation in depression patients.

Conclusion

·Abnormality of DMMN exists in the patients with first episode schizophrenia but not in the patients with depression, suggesting that DMMN amplitudes may work as a biological marker to distinguish schizophrenia and depression.

Key words： schizophrenia; depression; mismatch negativity; event-related potential

Cite this article

Meng-ting SHEN , Xuan-hong ZHANG , Zhen-ying QIAN , Hui LI , Jian-hua SHENG , Ji-jun WANG , Ying-ying TANG . Comparison of mismatch negativity in patients with schizophrenia and depression[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2021 , 41(8) : 1041 -1045 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2021.08.007

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