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Gray matter characteristics associated with trait anxiety in older adults are moderated by depression

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Potvin, Olivier, Catheline, Gwénaëlle, Bernard, Charlotte, Meillon, Céline, Bergua, Valérie, Allard, Michèle, Dartigues, Jean-François, Chauveau, Nicolas +2 more·2015·International Psychogeriatrics

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Structural gray matter characteristics of anxiety remain unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of current depressive symptoms and history of depression on the gray matter characteristics of trait anxiety. METHODS: Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from 393 individuals aged 65 years or older were used. Regions of interest (ROIs) included the amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), insula, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and temporal cortex. Trait anxiety was measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Depression and depressive symptoms were measured using DSM-IV criteria and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD). RESULTS: After adjustments for sociodemographics and health-related variables, anxiety had a significant influence on the gray matter characteristics in all cortical ROIs. First, in participants without depression antecedents, higher trait anxiety was associated with a larger cortical thickness in all cortical ROIs. Second, in participants with a previous history of depression, higher trait anxiety was associated with a smaller cortical thickness in all cortical ROIs. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that anxiety is related to cortical thickness differently in healthy older adults and in older adults with psychiatric antecedents. Anxiety associated with thinner cortical areas could reflect symptoms of a specific type of depression or a vulnerability to develop depression.

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Authors
Potvin, O., Catheline, G., Bernard, C., Meillon, C., Bergua, V., Allard, M., Dartigues, J.-F., Chauveau, N., Celsis, P., & Amieva, H.
Affiliations
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Université de Bordeaux (FR)
  • Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
Corresponding author
Amieva, Hélène
Venue
International Psychogeriatrics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-11
Volume
27
Issue
11
Pages
1813-1824
ISSN
1041-6102 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2276466620
Cited by
25
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1
FWCI
2.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • International Psychogeriatrics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Oskar-Bordeaux (Universite de Bordeaux) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé
  • Fondation de France
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
trait anxiety, gray matter, cortical thickness, depression, older adults, amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, insula, orbitofrontal cortex, temporal cortex, depressive symptoms, history of depression, depression vulnerability
MeSH terms
Aged, Anxiety, Brain, Depression, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Neuroimaging

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