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Mismatch negativity and P3a amplitude in young adolescents with first-episode psychosis: a comparison with ADHD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2016

J. Rydkjær ,
J. R. Møllegaard Jepsen ,
A. K. Pagsberg ,
B. Fagerlund ,
B. Y. Glenthøj  and
B. Oranje
J. Rydkjær*
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS) and Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
J. R. Møllegaard Jepsen
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS) and Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
A. K. Pagsberg
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
B. Fagerlund
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS) and Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
B. Y. Glenthøj
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS) and Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
B. Oranje
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CINS) and Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research (CNSR), Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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*Address for correspondence: J. Rydkjær, Ph.D., Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Ndr. Ringvej 29-67, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark. (Email: jacob.rydkjaer@regionh.dk)
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Abstract

Background

Deficient mismatch negativity (MMN) has been proposed as a candidate biomarker in schizophrenia and may therefore be potentially useful in early identification and intervention in early onset psychosis. In this study we explored whether deficits in the automatic orienting and reorienting responses, measured as MMN and P3a amplitude, are present in young adolescents with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and whether findings are specific to psychosis compared to young adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Method

MMN and P3a amplitude were assessed in young adolescents (age 12–17 years) with either FEP (N = 27) or ADHD (N = 28) and age- and gender-matched healthy controls (N = 43). The MMN paradigm consisted of a four-tone auditory oddball task with deviant stimuli based on frequency, duration and their combination.

Results

Significantly less MMN was found in patients with psychosis compared to healthy controls in response to frequency and duration deviants. MMN amplitudes in the group of patients with ADHD were not significantly different from patients with psychosis or healthy controls. No significant group differences were found on P3a amplitude.

Conclusion

Young adolescents with FEP showed impaired MMN compared to healthy controls while intermediate and overlapping levels of MMN were observed in adolescents with ADHD. The findings suggest that young FEP patients already exhibit pre-attentive deficits that are characteristic of schizophrenia albeit expressed on a continuum shared with other neuropsychiatric disorders.

Keywords

Biomarkerelectrophysiologyneuropsychiatric disorderschizophrenia
Type
Original Articles
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , January 2017 , pp. 377 - 388
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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