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The double burden of age and major depressive disorder on the cognitive control network

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Rao, Julia A., Kassel, Michelle T., Weldon, Anne L., Avery, Erich T., Briceno, Emily M., Mann, Megan, Cornett, Bridget, Kales, Helen C. +4 more·2015·Psychology and Aging

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Poor cognitive control (CC) is common among older individuals with major depressive disorder (OMDD). At the same time, studies of CC in OMDD with fMRI are relatively limited and often have small samples. The present study was conducted to further examine poor CC in OMDD with early onset depression, as well as to investigate the interactive effects of MDD and aging on cognitive control. Twenty OMDD, 17 older never-depressed comparisons (ONDC), 16 younger adults with MDD (YMDD), and 18 younger never-depressed comparisons (YNDC) participated. All participants completed the Go level of the Parametric Go/No-Go Test, which requires sustained attention and inhibitory control while undergoing functional MRI (fMRI). YNDC were faster in reaction times (RTs) to go targets relative to the other 3 groups, and the YMDD group was faster than the OMDD group. fMRI effects of both age and diagnosis were present, with greater activation in MDD, and in aging. Additionally, the interaction of age and MDD was also significant, such that OMDD exhibited greater recruitment of fronto-subcortical regions relative to older comparisons. These results are consistent with prior research reporting that OMDD recruit more fronto-striatal regions in order to perform at the same level as their never-depressed peers, here on a task of sustained attention and inhibitory control. There may be an interaction of cognitive aging and depression to create a double burden on the CC network in OMDD, including possible fronto-striatal compensation during CC that is unique to OMDD, as younger MDD individuals do not show this pattern.

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Rao, J. A., Kassel, M. T., Weldon, A. L., Avery, E. T., Briceno, E. M., Mann, M., Cornett, B., Kales, H. C., Zubieta, J.-K., Welsh, R. C., Langenecker, S. A., & Weisenbach, S. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
Venue
Psychology and Aging
Published
2015
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
475-485
ISSN
  • 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1498
OpenAlex
W2146830303
Cited by
19
References
74
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
1.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Michigan
  • Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (P50 AG008671)
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
major depressive disorder, cognitive aging, cognitive control, early-onset depression, inhibitory control, sustained attention, brain compensation, older adults
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aging, Attention, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Reaction Time, Case-Control Studies, Age of Onset, Young Adult

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