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Negative Affectivity, Aging, and Depression: Results From the Neurobiology of Late-Life Depression (NBOLD) Study

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Steffens, David C., Wang, Lihong, Manning, Kevin J., Pearlson, Godfrey D.·2017·The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Objective Neuroticism is a common yet understudied condition in older adults. We hypothesized that presence of high negativity affectivity (NA), a key feature of neuroticism, would be associated with different prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity and connectivity patterns in depressed and never-depressed older adults.Methods This is a baseline cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study of 52 depressed and 36 never-depressed older adults. Assessments included NA scores from the Type D Scale-14 and Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale scores. All subjects had a 3T brain functional magnetic resonance imaging resting scan, neuronal activity determined by amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFFs) were obtained, and resting state functional connectivity (FC) analyses were performed. Analyses of covariance were conducted on ALFFs and FC to examine significant differences between groups.Results In the ALFF analyses there were clearly different patterns between depressed and comparison groups in the correlation of ALFFs and NA. The correlation differences between the two groups were significant in the dorsomedial PFC, insula, amygdala, and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC). FC analyses revealed different between-group connectivity patterns. Significantly higher ventromedial PFC-amygdala FC with NA correlation was found in the depressed group than that in the never-depressed group.Conclusion This study confirms differential activity of the dorsal and ventral regions of the medial PFC in individuals with high neuroticism. Our findings suggest increased rostral medial PFC activity may be a marker of resilience to depression in the elderly and decreased anterior ventromedial PFC, PCC, and amygdala activity may be a result of successful emotion regulation in never-depressed higher NA individuals.

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Authors
Steffens, D. C., Wang, L., Manning, K. J., & Pearlson, G. D.
Affiliations
  • University of Connecticut (US)
  • Hartford Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Steffens, David C.
Venue
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-10
Volume
25
Issue
10
Pages
1135-1149
ISSN
1064-7481 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2604973720
Cited by
40
References
58
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6
FWCI
2.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (R01 MH096725)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
negative affectivity, neuroticism, geriatric depression, older adults, prefrontal cortex, amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation, resting-state functional connectivity, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, posterior cingulate cortex, insula, emotion regulation, aging
MeSH terms
Neuroticism, Affect, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Cross-Sectional Studies, Major Depressive Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Prefrontal Cortex, Connectome

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