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Biçer GY, Kurt A, Zor KR. Efficacy of automatic pupillometry as a screening technique to detect autonomic dysfunction in bipolar disorder. Clin Exp Optom 2023; 106:896-900. [PMID: 36436223 DOI: 10.1080/08164622.2022.2145182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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CLINICAL RELEVANCE Autonomic nervous system abnormalities in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder are controversial. Pupillary features may be affected as a result of autonomic nervous system abnormalities in bipolar disorder. Small changes in pupillary responses may not be noticeable on clinical examination. Automated pupillemetries can be helpful in demonstrating these changes reliably and quantitatively. BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the static and dynamic pupillary responses of bipolar patients with healthy controls. In addition, pupillary response differences between mania, depression and remission stages were investigated. METHODS The bipolar patient group consisted of 39 eyes of 39 patients with 13 patients in each of the stages: mania, depression and remission. The control group consisted of 39 eyes of 39 healthy volunteers. After the ophthalmic examination, static and dynamic pupillometry measurements were made. The mean pupil dilatation speed was calculated according to dynamic measurements. Static pupillometry measurements including scotopic, mesopic and photopic pupil diameters; the first dynamic measurements at 0th second and pupillary dilatation speed were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS There was no difference static and the first dynamic pupillometry measurements between the bipolar and control groups (p > 0.05 for all parameters), but there was a significant difference in mean pupil dilatation speed (p = 0.041). No significant differences were found between the 3 groups for all static and the first dynamic pupillometry measurements and the mean pupil dilatation speed (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION Static and the first dynamic measurements of bipolar patients were not different from healthy controls. The mean pupil dilatation speed of bipolar patients was significantly lower, but this difference had a low effect size.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Education and Research Hospital, Niğde, Turkey
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey
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Yu L, Yang Y, Wu H, Yu Y, Wang Y, Yan S, Li N, Li H, Chen C, Zhang Z. Pupillary monitoring decreases remifentanil consumption during laparoscopic uterine surgery and improves postoperative recovery. Minerva Anestesiol 2023; 89:859-866. [PMID: 37307030 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.23.17303-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this paper was to explore pupillary monitoring for determining remifentanil consumption during general anesthesia and evaluating postoperative recovery quality. METHODS Eighty patients undergoing elective laparoscopic uterine surgery were randomly divided into pupillary monitoring group (Group P) and control group (Group C). In Group P, remifentanil dosage during general anesthesia was determined according to pupil dilation reflex; in Group C, it was adjusted according to hemodynamic changes. Intraoperative remifentanil consumption and endotracheal tube extraction time were recorded. The Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) Score, hemodynamic changes, and opioid-related adverse reactions in the post-anesthesia care unit were also recorded. The parameters of pupil light reflex from extubation to 30 min after extubation were analyzed in Group P, and the responsiveness of these parameters and hemodynamic changes to NRS was determined by ROC curve analyses. RESULTS Compared with Group C, in Group P, intraoperative remifentanil consumption, the NRS Score at 20 minutes after extubation, extubation time, and the incidence of nausea, vomiting, and respiratory amnesia were all significantly decreased (all, P<0.05). In Group P, ∆HR and ∆MAP had no value in judging the change of NRS. The ROC values and diagnostic cutoff values of ΔInit, ΔACV, and ΔMCV responding to NRS variation were 0.775 (95% CI: 0.582-0.968), 0.734(95% CI: 0.537-0.930), and 0.822 (95% CI: 0.648-0.997) and 0.21 (sensitivity, 92.3%; specificity, 23.1%), -1.3 (sensitivity, 92.3%; specificity, 18.3%), and -1.0 (sensitivity, 84.6%; specificity, 17.7%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative pupil dilation reflex monitoring can reduce remifentanil consumption and improve postoperative recovery quality. Furthermore, postoperative pupil light reflex monitoring can help evaluate pain degree with high sensitivity.
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- Leyang Yu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China -
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Ren W, Huang K, Li Y, Yang Q, Wang L, Guo K, Wei P, Zhang YQ. Altered pupil responses to social and non-social stimuli in Shank3 mutant dogs. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:3751-3759. [PMID: 37848709 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02277-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Pupillary response, an important process in visual perception and social and emotional cognition, has been widely studied for understanding the neural mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, there have been few studies on pupil response to social and non-social stimuli in animal models of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Here, we developed a pupilometer using a robust eye feature-detection algorithm for real-time pupillometry in dogs. In a pilot study, we found that a brief light flash induced a less-pronounced and slower pupil dilation response in gene-edited dogs carrying mutations in Shank3; mutations of its ortholog in humans were repeatedly identified in ASD patients. We further found that obnoxious, loud firecracker sound of 120 dB induced a stronger and longer pupil dilation response in Shank3 mutant dogs, whereas a high reward food induced a weaker pupillary response in Shank3 mutants than in wild-type control dogs. In addition, we found that Shank3 mutants showed compromised pupillary synchrony during dog-human interaction. These findings of altered pupil response in Shank3 mutant dogs recapitulate the altered sensory responses in ASD patients. Thus, this study demonstrates the validity and value of the pupilometer for dogs, and provides an effective paradigm for studying the underlying neural mechanisms of ASD and potentially other psychiatric disorders.
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- Wei Ren
- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Shenzhen Bayone BioTech Co. Ltd, Shenzhen, 518100, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Behavior, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Behavior, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK.
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Behavior, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430415, China.
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Yang X, Fridman AJ, Unsworth N, Casement MD. Pupillary motility responses to affectively salient stimuli in individuals with depression or elevated risk of depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2023; 148:105125. [PMID: 36924842 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Elaborative affective processing is observed in depression, and pupillary reactivity, a continuous, sensitive, and reliable indicator of physiological arousal and neurocognitive processing, is increasingly utilized in studies of depression-related characteristics. As a first attempt to quantitively summarize existing evidence on depression-related pupillary reactivity alterations, this review and meta-analysis evaluated the direction, magnitude, and specificity of pupillary indices of affective processing towards positively, negatively, and neutrally-valenced stimuli among individuals diagnosed with depression or with elevated risk of depression. Studies on pupillary responses to affective stimuli in the target groups were identified in PsycINFO and PubMed databases. Twenty-two articles met inclusion criteria for the qualitative review and 16 for the quantitative review. Three-level frequentist and Bayesian models were applied to summarize pooled effects from baseline-controlled stimuli-induced average changes in pupillary responses. In general, compared to non-depressed individuals, individuals with depression or elevated risk of depression exhibited higher pupillary reactivity (d =0.15) towards negatively-valenced stimuli during affective processing. Pupillary motility towards negatively-valenced stimuli may be a promising trait-like marker for depression vulnerability.
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- Xi Yang
- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx St, Eugene, OR US 97403, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx St, Eugene, OR US 97403, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx St, Eugene, OR US 97403, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx St, Eugene, OR US 97403, USA.
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Hatsukawa H, Ishikawa M. Decreased initial pupil size and shortened constriction latency due to negative mood states and mental fatigue in clinical subacute pain models. Physiol Behav 2022; 253:113850. [PMID: 35598830 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Previous clinical studies on pupillary light reflex parameters showed shortened constriction latency (LAT) and decreased initial pupil size (INIT) due to increased numeric rating scale (NRS) scores, reflecting subjective pain intensity, in subacute pain models. As noxious stimulation causes pupil dilation, decreased INIT (pupil constriction) was an unexpected finding. Pain-related negative moods and mental fatigue might have caused this finding. We aimed to investigate how psychological states affect LAT/INIT in two subacute pain models. For psychological assessment, we used the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and calculated the total mood disturbance (TMD) score using six mood categories. We collected data on NRS scores, POMS-related scores, LAT, and INIT through a longitudinal study. Using linear mixed-effects models, we evaluated the association of TMD scores with NRS scores, LAT, and INIT. Furthermore, we performed subanalyses targeting two mood categories that represent mental fatigue: Fatigue-Inertia (Fatigue) and Vigor-Activity (Vigor). We investigated whether obtained results can be identical in both models. In total, 141 patients were enrolled. Increased NRS scores were associated with increased TMD/Fatigue scores and decreased Vigor scores, being associated with shortened LAT/decreased INIT in both models. Score changes in NRS, TMD, Fatigue, and Vigor indicated that increased subjective pain intensity can be associated with negative mood states, especially mental fatigue. This study revealed that negative moods and mental fatigue induced by acute pain can be associated with shortened LAT/decreased INIT in both models, indicating clinical potential of LAT/INIT as objective indicators reflecting the psychological states for pain assessment.
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- Hiroatsu Hatsukawa
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwachou, Hyogo Prefecture, Amagasaki 660-8550, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwachou, Hyogo Prefecture, Amagasaki 660-8550, Japan.
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Neurophysiological Responses to Interpersonal Emotional Images Prospectively Predict the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stress on Internalizing Symptoms. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2021; 6:887-897. [PMID: 33727140 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to stressful events related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has been associated with increases in the prevalence of depression and anxiety, raising questions about vulnerabilities that make some individuals more susceptible to internalizing symptoms following stress exposure. METHODS This prospective study examined the effects of neurophysiological reactivity to positive and threatening interpersonal stimuli, indexed by the late positive potential (LPP) event-related potential, in conjunction with exposure to interpersonal pandemic-related stressors in the prediction of internalizing symptom changes from before to during the pandemic. Emerging adults (n= 75) initially completed measures of internalizing symptoms and an interpersonal emotional images task while an electroencephalogram was recorded pre-pandemic and were recontacted during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020 to complete measures of exposure to pandemic-related stressful events and current internalizing symptoms. RESULTS Results indicated that emerging adults experienced numerous stressful events associated with the pandemic, as well as overall increases in symptoms of depression and traumatic intrusions during the pandemic. Furthermore, significant interactions between LPP reactivity to positive and threatening interpersonal stimuli and interpersonal stress exposure emerged in the prediction of internalizing symptoms, controlling for baseline symptoms. Under high exposure to interpersonal stressors, reduced positive LPPs predicted increases in depressive symptoms while enhanced threatening LPPs predicted increases in traumatic intrusions. CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on emerging adults, and the role of individual differences in neurophysiological reactivity to emotional stimuli in vulnerability for depression and traumatic intrusions following stress exposure.
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Adolescent girls' physiological reactivity to real-world peer feedback: A pilot study to validate a Peer Expressed Emotion task. J Exp Child Psychol 2020; 204:105057. [PMID: 33360282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.105057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Peer feedback becomes highly salient during adolescence, especially for girls. The way in which adolescents react to social feedback is associated with psychosocial adjustment and mental health. Consequently, researchers are increasingly interested in understanding the physiological and neural underpinnings of adolescent response to feedback by simulating the experience of rejection and acceptance using computer-based paradigms. However, these paradigms typically use nonfamiliar peers and the facade of internet chatrooms or games to present artificial peer feedback. The current study piloted the use of a novel and potentially more ecologically valid peer expressed emotion paradigm in which participants listen to prerecorded clips of ostensible personalized feedback made by their close friend. Physiological data measuring autonomic nervous system response were collected as an index of emotional reactivity/arousal and cognitive-affective processing. Results show promising preliminary evidence validating the task for future use. Participants (N = 18 girls, aged 11-17 years) reported feeling more positive following praise, relative to critical and neutral feedback, and reported feeling more upset following criticism, relative to praise and neutral feedback. Girls exhibited greater pupillary dilation, skin conductance levels (N = 17), and/or heart rate (N = 17) while listening to affectively charged, peer feedback compared with neutral yet personally relevant statements. Girls also exhibited variable physiological response when listening to praising versus critical feedback. Findings from this pilot study validate the use of this novel Peer Expressed Emotion task for the investigation of adolescents' emotional and physiological reactivity in response to real-world peer evaluation. However, it is important to recognize that this study provides only preliminary findings and that future research is needed to replicate the results in larger samples.
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Woody ML, Vaughn-Coaxum RA, Siegle GJ, Price RB. Time course of pupillary response to threat words before and after attention bias modification for transdiagnostic anxiety disorders: A randomized controlled trial. Brain Behav 2020; 10:e01664. [PMID: 32633901 PMCID: PMC7428474 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Altered attention to threatening stimuli at initial and sustained stages of processing may be dissociable dimensions that influence the development and maintenance of transdiagnostic symptoms of anxiety, such as vigilance, and possibly require distinct intervention. Attention bias modification (ABM) interventions were created to implicitly train attention away from threatening stimuli and have shown efficacy in treating anxiety. ABM alters neurocognitive functioning during initial stages of threat processing, but less is known regarding effects of ABM on neural indices of threat processing at sustained (i.e., intermediate and late) stages, or if ABM-related neural changes relate to symptom response. The current study utilized pupillary response as a temporally sensitive and cost-effective peripheral marker of neurocognitive response to ABM. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a randomized controlled trial, 79 patients with transdiagnostic anxiety provided baseline data, 70 were randomized to receive eight sessions of twice-weekly ABM (n = 49) or sham training (n = 21), and 65 completed their assigned treatment condition and returned for post-training assessment. RESULTS Among ABM, but not sham, patients, pupillary response to threat words during initial and intermediate stages decreased from pre- to post-training. Pre- to post-training reductions in intermediate and late pupillary response to threat were positively correlated with reductions in patient-reported vigilance among ABM, but not sham, patients. CONCLUSIONS All measured stages of threat processing had relevance in understanding the neural mechanisms of ABM, with overlapping yet dissociable roles exhibited within a single neurophysiological marker across an initial-intermediate-late time continuum. Pupillometry may be well suited to measure both target engagement and treatment outcome following ABM.
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- Mary L Woody
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Hsu KJ, McNamara ME, Shumake J, Stewart RA, Labrada J, Alario A, Gonzalez GD, Schnyer DM, Beevers CG. Neurocognitive predictors of self-reported reward responsivity and approach motivation in depression: A data-driven approach. Depress Anxiety 2020; 37:682-697. [PMID: 32579757 PMCID: PMC7951991 DOI: 10.1002/da.23042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Individual differences in reward-related processes, such as reward responsivity and approach motivation, appear to play a role in the nature and course of depression. Prior work suggests that cognitive biases for valenced information may contribute to these reward processes. Yet there is little work examining how biased attention, processing, and memory for positively and negatively valenced information may be associated with reward-related processes in samples with depression symptoms. METHODS We used a data-driven, machine learning (elastic net) approach to identify the best predictors of self-reported reward-related processes using multiple tasks of attention, processing, and memory for valenced information measured across behavioral, eye tracking, psychophysiological, and computational modeling approaches (n = 202). Participants were adults (ages 18-35) who ranged in depression symptom severity from mild to severe. RESULTS Models predicted between 5.0-12.2% and 9.7-28.0% of held-out test sample variance in approach motivation and reward responsivity, respectively. Low self-referential processing of positively valenced information was the most robust, albeit modest, predictor of low approach motivation and reward responsivity. CONCLUSIONS Self-referential processing of positive information is the strongest predictor of reward responsivity and approach motivation in a sample ranging from mild to severe depression symptom severity. Experiments are now needed to clarify the causal relationship between self-referential processing of positively valenced information and reward processes in depression.
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- Kean J. Hsu
- Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC,Institute for Mental Health Research and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX,Corresponding Author: Kean J. Hsu, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, 2115 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007 ()
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- Institute for Mental Health Research and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Institute for Mental Health Research and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Institute for Mental Health Research and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Institute for Mental Health Research and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Institute for Mental Health Research and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Institute for Mental Health Research and Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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Schumann A, Kietzer S, Ebel J, Bär KJ. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Modulation of Pupillary Unrest. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:178. [PMID: 32218721 PMCID: PMC7078331 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pupillary unrest is an established indicator of drowsiness or sleepiness. How sympathetic and parasympathetic activity contribute to pupillary unrest is not entirely unclear. In this study, we investigated 83 young healthy volunteers to assess the relationship of pupillary unrest to other markers of the autonomic nervous system. Sample entropy (SE) and the established pupillary unrest index (PUI) were calculated to characterize pupil size variability. Autonomic indices were derived from heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and skin conductance. Additionally, we assessed individual levels of calmness, vigilance, and mood. In an independent sample of 26 healthy participants, we stimulated the cardiovagal system by a deep breathing test. PUI was related to parasympathetic cardiac indices and sleepiness. A linear combination of vagal heart rate variability [root mean square of heart beat interval differences (RMSSD)] and skin conductance fluctuations (SCFs) was suited best to explain interindividual variance of PUI. Complexity of pupil diameter (PD) variations correlated to indices of sympathetic skin conductance. Furthermore, we found that spontaneous fluctuations of skin conductance are accompanied by increases of pupil size. In an independent sample, we were able to corroborate the relation of PUI with RMSSD and skin conductance. A slow breathing test enhanced RMSSD and PUI proportionally to each other, while complexity of PD dynamics decreased. Our data suggest that the slow PD oscillations (f < 0.15 Hz) quantified by PUI are related to the parasympathetic modulation. Sympathetic arousal as detected by SCFs is associated to transient pupil size increases that increase non-linear pupillary dynamics.
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- Andy Schumann
- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Kiani AK, Maltese PE, Dautaj A, Paolacci S, Kurti D, Picotti PM, Bertelli M. Neurobiological basis of chiropractic manipulative treatment of the spine in the care of major depression. ACTA BIO-MEDICA : ATENEI PARMENSIS 2020; 91:e2020006. [PMID: 33170171 PMCID: PMC8023121 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v91i13-s.10536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Background and aim: Major depressive disorder is associated with an autonomic nervous system imbalance. All the symptoms of depression (high cortisol, high adrenalin, insomnia, agitation, anxiety) can probably be attributed to over-activation of the sympathetic nervous system. We performed this review in order to highlight the possible links between chiropractic intervention, its potential molecular effects and its possible outcomes on patients with depression. Methods: We performed a literature search for all the relevant manuscript regarding the effects of chiropractic and depression on the autonomic nervous system. Results: Chiropractic care and spinal manipulation regulate the autonomic nervous system at peripheral level and its projections to the central nervous system. In particular, they may activate the parasympathetic system to counterbalance the activity of the sympathetic system. Vagal parasympathetic stimulation is also considered an effective therapy for major depression as it releases neurotrophins essential for anti-depressive therapies, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor. Conclusion: Chiropractic and spinal manipulative therapies along with vagal nerve stimulation may therefore be regarded as treatment options for depression. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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- MAGI EUREGIO, Bolzano, Italy, MAGI’S LAB, Rovereto (TN), Italy, EBTNA-LAB, Rovereto (TN), Italy
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Sekaninova N, Ondrejka I, Bona Olexova L, Visnovcova Z, Mestanik M, Cesnekova D, Hamrakova A, Tonhajzerova I. Oculometric behavior assessed by pupil response is altered in adolescent depression. Physiol Res 2019; 68:S325-S338. [PMID: 31928050 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Oculometric behaviour assessed by pupil response provides important information about central autonomic activity and emotional regulation. However, studies regarding pupil response to emotional stimuli in adolescent depression are rare. We aimed to study emotional-linked pupil response in adolescent depression. Twenty depressive adolescents (average age: 15.4+/-1.2 years) and 20 age/gender-matched healthy subjects were examined. Average pupil diameter assessed by eye-tracking and pupillary light reflex were evaluated during protocol - baseline, free-view task, recovery phase. Regarding right eye, significantly greater initial pupil diameter and pupil dilation to positive pictures free-viewing (p=0.013, p=0.031, respectively), significantly slower average and maximum constriction velocity in baseline and positive pictures free-viewing (p=0.036, p=0.050, p=0.021, p=0.015, respectively), significantly slower maximum constriction velocity in recovery phase (p=0.045), and significantly faster average dilation velocity in negative pictures free-viewing (p=0.042) were observed in depressive group. Regarding left eye, significantly lower constriction percentual change in negative pictures free-viewing (p=0.044) and significantly greater baseline pupil diameter and pupil diameter at the peak of constriction in positive vs. negative pictures free-viewing (p=0.002, p=0.015, respectively) were observed in depressive group. Our study revealed discrete central autonomic dysregulation - parasympathetic hypoactivity associated with relative sympathetic dominance influenced by impairments in emotional processing already in adolescent depression.
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- N Sekaninova
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Martin, Slovak Republic.
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Lennon JC. Etiopathogenesis of Suicide: A Conceptual Analysis of Risk and Prevention Within a Comprehensive, Deterministic Model. Front Psychol 2019; 10:2087. [PMID: 31572269 PMCID: PMC6751268 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Suicide is a rising global health concern receiving disproportionate attention in comparison to other health conditions. In spite of substantial technological and scientific advancements, suicide research has continued to move slowly in terms of clinical translation due to the complexity of neural mechanisms, and subjective experiences that seem to underpin this complex human behavior. This paper analyzes the concepts of risk and prevention in the context of suicide in an attempt to bridge the large methodological and theoretical gaps between the biological, psychological, and sociological dimensions. This paper aims to accomplish the following objectives: (1) operationalize the concepts of suicide risk and prevention as they relate to current knowledge and capabilities; (2) synthesize and integrate suicide research across biological, psychological, and sociological dimensions; (3) discuss limitations of each dimension in isolation; (4) suggest a model of etiopathogenesis that incorporates extant literature and bridges unnecessary gaps between dimensions; and (5) suggest future directions for multidimensional research through the inclusion of principles from the physical sciences. Ultimately, this paper provides a basis for a comprehensive model of suicide within a deterministic, chaotic system.
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- Jack C Lennon
- Department of Psychology, Adler University, Chicago, IL, United States.,Section of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States.,Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush Neurobehavioral Center, Rush University Medical Center, Skokie, IL, United States
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Rakesh G, Morey RA, Zannas AS, Malik Z, Clausen A, Marx CE, Kritzer MD, Szabo ST. Resilience as a translational endpoint in the treatment of PTSD. Mol Psychiatry 2019; 24:1268-1283. [PMID: 30867558 PMCID: PMC6713904 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0383-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Resilience is a neurobiological entity that shapes an individual's response to trauma. Resilience has been implicated as the principal mediator in the development of mental illness following exposure to trauma. Although animal models have traditionally defined resilience as molecular and behavioral changes in stress responsive circuits following trauma, this concept needs to be further clarified for both research and clinical use. Here, we analyze the construct of resilience from a translational perspective and review optimal measurement methods and models. We also seek to distinguish between resilience, stress vulnerability, and posttraumatic growth. We propose that resilience can be quantified as a multifactorial determinant of physiological parameters, epigenetic modulators, and neurobiological candidate markers. This multifactorial definition can determine PTSD risk before and after trauma exposure. From this perspective, we propose the use of an 'R Factor' analogous to Spearman's g factor for intelligence to denote these multifactorial determinants. In addition, we also propose a novel concept called 'resilience reserve', analogous to Stern's cognitive reserve, to summarize the sum total of physiological processes that protect and compensate for the effect of trauma. We propose the development and application of challenge tasks to measure 'resilience reserve' and guide the assessment and monitoring of 'R Factor' as a biomarker for PTSD.
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- Gopalkumar Rakesh
- Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC), Durham, NC, 27710, USA. .,Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC, 27705, USA. .,VISN 6 VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), 3022 Croasdaile Drive, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
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- Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham NC, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710,VISN 6 VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), 3022 Croasdaile Drive, Durham, NC 27705
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC), Durham VA Health Care System, VISN 6 VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, 3022 Croasdaile Drive, Durham, NC 27705
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA,Division of Translational Neurosciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA,Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mental Health Service Line, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA
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Frost-Karlsson M, Galazka MA, Gillberg C, Gillberg C, Miniscalco C, Billstedt E, Hadjikhani N, Åsberg Johnels J. Social scene perception in autism spectrum disorder: An eye-tracking and pupillometric study. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2019; 41:1024-1032. [DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2019.1646214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Morgan Frost-Karlsson
- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Harvard Medical School/MGH/MIT, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA, USA
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- Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Section for Speech and Language Pathology, Sahlgrenska academy University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Truedsson E, Fawcett C, Wesevich V, Gredebäck G, Wåhlstedt C. The Role of Callous-Unemotional Traits on Adolescent Positive and Negative Emotional Reactivity: A Longitudinal Community-Based Study. Front Psychol 2019; 10:573. [PMID: 30930825 PMCID: PMC6428776 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are associated with lower emotional reactivity in adolescents. However, since previous studies have focused mainly on reactivity to negative stimuli, it is unclear whether reactivity to positive stimuli is also affected. Further, few studies have addressed the link between CU traits and emotional reactivity in longitudinal community samples, which is important for determining its generalizability and developmental course. In the current study, pupil dilation and self-ratings of arousal and valence were assessed in 100 adolescents (15-17 years) from a community sample, while viewing images with negative and positive valence from the International Affective Pictures System (IAPS). Behavioral traits (CU) were assessed concurrently, as well as at ages 12-15, and 8-9 (subsample, n = 68, low levels of prosocial behavior were used as a proxy for CU traits). The results demonstrate that CU traits assessed at ages 12-15 and 8-9 predicted less pupil dilation to both positive and negative images at ages 15-17. Further, CU traits at ages 12-15 and concurrently were associated with less negative valence ratings for negative images and concurrently to less positive valence ratings for positive images. The current findings demonstrate that CU traits are related to lower emotional reactivity to both negative and positive stimuli in adolescents from a community sample.
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- Erik Truedsson
- Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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Hershaw JN, Ettenhofer ML. Insights into cognitive pupillometry: Evaluation of the utility of pupillary metrics for assessing cognitive load in normative and clinical samples. Int J Psychophysiol 2018; 134:62-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Koller D, Belmonte C, Lubomirov R, Saiz-Rodríguez M, Zubiaur P, Román M, Ochoa D, Carcas A, Wojnicz A, Abad-Santos F. Effects of aripiprazole on pupillometric parameters related to pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics after single oral administration to healthy subjects. J Psychopharmacol 2018; 32:1212-1222. [PMID: 30251598 DOI: 10.1177/0269881118798605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pupillometry is used for the detection of autonomic dysfunction related to numerous diseases and drug administration. Genetic variants in cytochrome P450 ( CYP2D6, CYP3A4), dopamine receptor ( DRD2, DRD3), serotonin receptor ( HTR2A, HTR2C) and ATP-binding cassette subfamily B ( ABCB1) genes were previously associated with aripiprazole response. AIMS Our aim was to evaluate if aripiprazole affects pupil contraction and its relationship with pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics. METHODS Thirty-two healthy volunteers receiving a 10 mg single oral dose of aripiprazole were genotyped for 15 polymorphisms in ABCB1, CYP2D6, DRD2, DRD3, HTR2A and HTR2C genes by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Aripiprazole and dehydro-aripiprazole plasma concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Pupil examination was performed by automated pupillometry. RESULTS Aripiprazole caused pupil constriction and reached the peak value at Cmax. HTR2A rs6313 T allele carriers and HTR2C rs3813929 C/T subjects showed higher maximum constriction velocity and maximum pupil diameter. Besides, Gly/Gly homozygotes for DRD3 rs6280 showed significantly lower maximum constriction velocity values. A/G heterozygotes for DRD2 rs6277 showed higher total time taken by the pupil to recover 75% of the initial resting size values. CYP2D6 intermediate metabolisers showed higher area under the curve, Cmax and T1/2 than extensive metabolisers. ABCB1 G2677T/A A/A homozygotes had greater T1/2 in comparison with C/C homozygotes. ABCB1 C3435T T allele carriers and C1236T C/T subjects showed greater area under the curve than C/C homozygotes. CONCLUSIONS Aripiprazole affects pupil contraction, which could be a secondary effect through dopamine and serotonin receptors. Pupillometry could be a useful tool to assess autonomic nervous system activity during antipsychotic treatment.
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- Dora Koller
- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- 2 Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.,3 Plataforma SCReN (Spanish Clinical Research Network), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Princesa (IP), Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.,3 Plataforma SCReN (Spanish Clinical Research Network), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Princesa (IP), Madrid, Spain
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- 4 Pharmacology Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- 1 Clinical Pharmacology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.,3 Plataforma SCReN (Spanish Clinical Research Network), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Princesa (IP), Madrid, Spain
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Reduced pupil dilation during action preparation in schizophrenia. Int J Psychophysiol 2018; 128:111-118. [PMID: 29574231 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Impairments in cognitive control-the ability to exert control over thoughts and actions and respond flexibly to the environment-are well-documented in schizophrenia. However, the degree to which experimental task performance reflects true cognitive control impairments or more general alterations in effort, arousal and/or task preparedness is unclear. Pupillary responses can provide insight into these latter factors, as the pupil dilates with degree of cognitive effort and response preparation. In the current study, 16 medicated outpatients with schizophrenia (SZP) and 18 healthy controls performed a task that measures the ability to reactively inhibit and modify a planned action-the double-step task. In this task, participants were required to make a saccade to a visual target. Infrequently, the target jumped to a new location and participants were instructed to rapidly inhibit and change their eye movement plan. Applying a race model of performance, we have previously shown that SZP require more time to inhibit a planned action. In the current analysis, we measured pupil dilation associated with task preparation and found that SZP had a shallower increase in pupil size prior to the onset of the trial. Additionally, reduced magnitude of the pupil response was associated with negative symptom severity in patients. Based on primate neurophysiology and cognitive neuroscience work, we suggest that this blunted pupillary response may reflect abnormalities in a general orienting response or reduced motivational significance of a cue signifying the onset of a preparatory period and that these abnormalities might share an autonomic basis with negative symptoms.
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Schumann A, Andrack C, Bär KJ. Differences of sympathetic and parasympathetic modulation in major depression. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2017; 79:324-331. [PMID: 28710030 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 07/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Inconsistent results have been reported with respect to cardiac autonomic function in major depression. The aim of our study was to investigate autonomic function in various branches of the autonomic nervous system in order to better understand parasympathetic and sympathetic modulation in the disease. We investigated 29 unmedicated patients suffering from major depression (MD) in comparison to matched control subjects (gender, age, BMI). The autonomic assessment at rest included values of heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure variability (BPV), baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), respiration, skin conductance (SC) as well as the calculation of pupillary diameter and the unrest index (PUI). Results were compared by means of a multivariate analysis of variance. In a classification analysis, we identified suitable parameters for patient - control separation. Finally, to analyze interrelations of pupillometric parameters and autonomic indices, we estimated Pearson correlation coefficients and fitted a linear regression model. Apart from a significantly increased heart rate (75±12 vs. 65±6min-1, p<0.001) and decreased BRS (14±13 vs. 20±15ms/mmHg, p<0.05), we observed a lack of significant differences in HRV and BPV analysis between patients and controls. However, pupillary diameter (left: 4.3±0.9 vs. 3.8±0.6, p<0.01; right: 4.3±0.9 vs. 3.7±0.6mm, p<0.01) and PUI (left: 14.8±6.0 vs. 10.7±4.5mm/min, p<0.01; right: 14.1±5.5 vs. 10.7±4.8mm/min, p<0.01), as well as the level (left: 7.3±6.2 vs. 4.3±4.4 μS, p<0.05) and fluctuations of skin conductance (left: 4.2±4.1 vs. 2.5±3.6, p<0.05; right: 4.2±4.4 vs. 2.6±3.2, p<0.05) were significantly different. The classification accuracy was 88.5% with high specificity (e=92.9%) and sensitivity (s=83.3%) including heart rate, PUI and skin conductance. HRV indices correlated to PUI in controls but not in patients. Our data add evidence to the current debate on autonomic function in major depression. We suggest that diverse results are mainly caused by methodological shortcomings, in particular by the application of HRV assessment only, which misses changes of sympathetic modulation. The application of broader analyzing tools will clarify the pattern of autonomic function in depression and ultimately its role in cardiac morbidity and mortality.
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- Andy Schumann
- Psychiatric Brain and Body Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Psychiatric Brain and Body Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Psychiatric Brain and Body Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
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de Rodez Benavent SA, Nygaard GO, Harbo HF, Tønnesen S, Sowa P, Landrø NI, Wendel-Haga M, Etholm L, Nilsen KB, Drolsum L, Kerty E, Celius EG, Laeng B. Fatigue and cognition: Pupillary responses to problem-solving in early multiple sclerosis patients. Brain Behav 2017; 7:e00717. [PMID: 28729927 PMCID: PMC5516595 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION In early multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, cognitive changes and fatigue are frequent and troublesome symptoms, probably related to both structural and functional brain changes. Whether there is a common cause of these symptoms in MS is unknown. In theory, an altered regulation of central neuropeptides can lead to changes in regulation of autonomic function, cognitive difficulties, and fatigue. Direct measurements of central neuropeptides are difficult to perform, but measurements of the eye pupil can be used as a reliable proxy of function. METHODS This study assesses pupil size during problem-solving in early MS patients versus controls. A difference in pupil size to a cognitive challenge could signal altered activity within the autonomic system because of early functional brain changes associated with cognitive load. We recruited MS patients (mean disease duration: 2.6 years, N = 41) and age-matched healthy controls (N = 43) without eye pathology. Neurological impairment, magnetic resonance imaging, visual evoked potentials, depression, and fatigue were assessed in all of the patients. In both groups, we assessed processing speed and retinal imaging. Pupil size was recorded with an eye-tracker during playback of multiplication tasks. RESULTS Both groups performed well on the cognitive test. The groups showed similar pupillary responses with a mean of 0.55 mm dilation in patients and 0.54 mm dilation in controls for all the tasks collapsed together. However, controls (N = 9) with low cognitive scores (LCS) had an increased pupillary response to cognitive tasks, whereas LCS MS patients (N = 6) did not (p < .05). There was a tendency toward a smaller pupillary response in patients with fatigue. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to investigate pupillary responses to cognitive tasks in MS patients. Our results suggest that MS-related changes in cognition and fatigue may be associated with changes in arousal and the autonomic regulation of task-related pupillary responses. This supports the theory of a link between cognition and fatigue in MS.
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- Sigrid A de Rodez Benavent
- Department of Ophthalmology Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Radiology Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Psychology University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Neurophysiology Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway
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- Department of Neurophysiology Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway.,Department of Neuroscience Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Ophthalmology Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Psychology University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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Kamimura HAS, Wang S, Chen H, Wang Q, Aurup C, Acosta C, Carneiro AAO, Konofagou EE. Focused ultrasound neuromodulation of cortical and subcortical brain structures using 1.9 MHz. Med Phys 2017; 43:5730. [PMID: 27782686 DOI: 10.1118/1.4963208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Ultrasound neuromodulation is a promising noninvasive technique for controlling neural activity. Previous small animal studies suffered from low targeting specificity because of the low ultrasound frequencies (<690 kHz) used. In this study, the authors demonstrated the capability of focused ultrasound (FUS) neuromodulation in the megahertz-range to achieve superior targeting specificity in the murine brain as well as demonstrate modulation of both motor and sensory responses. METHODS FUS sonications were carried out at 1.9 MHz with 50% duty cycle, pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz, and duration of 1 s. The robustness of the FUS neuromodulation was assessed first in sensorimotor cortex, where elicited motor activities were observed and recorded on videos and electromyography. Deeper brain regions were then targeted where pupillary dilation served as an indicative of successful modulation of subcortical brain structures. RESULTS Contralateral and ipsilateral movements of the hind limbs were repeatedly observed when the FUS was targeted at the sensorimotor cortex. Induced trunk and tail movements were also observed at different coordinates inside the sensorimotor cortex. At deeper targeted-structures, FUS induced eyeball movements (superior colliculus) and pupillary dilation (pretectal nucleus, locus coeruleus, and hippocampus). Histological analysis revealed no tissue damage associated with the FUS sonications. CONCLUSIONS The motor movements and pupillary dilation observed in this study demonstrate the capability of FUS to modulate cortical and subcortical brain structures without inducing any damage. The variety of responses observed here demonstrates the capability of FUS to perform functional brain mapping.
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- Hermes A S Kamimura
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and Department of Physics, FFCLRP, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Department of Physics, FFCLRP, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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Infrared pupillometry helps to detect and predict delirium in the post-anesthesia care unit. J Clin Monit Comput 2017; 32:359-368. [PMID: 28275978 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-017-0009-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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This study evaluates the capability of pupillary parameters to detect and predict delirium in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU-D) following general anesthesia. PACU-D may complicate and prolong the patient's postoperative course, consequently increasing hospital costs. After institutional approval, 47 patients undergoing surgical interventions with general anesthesia were included in the study. We measured the pupillary reflexes at signing of informed consent, during surgery 20 min after intubation and when the primary inhaled anesthetic was turned off, and 15 and 45 min after PACU admittance and upon discharge from the PACU. We evaluated patients for delirium using the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU) score after 15 and 60 min in the PACU. We chose receiver operating curve (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC) to compare the performance of non-pupillary parameters to pupillary parameters, such as pupil diameter, percent constriction, and dilation velocity, to detect and predict PACU-D. Percent constriction (AUC = 0.93, optimal threshold = 18.5%) and dilation velocity (AUC = 0.93, optimal threshold = 0.35 mm/s) showed excellent ability to detect and predict delirium persisting throughout the PACU stay. These pupillary measures showed superior performance compared to other pupillary measures and features commonly associated with delirium, e.g., age (AUC = 0.73), total opioids (AUC = 0.56), or length of surgery (AUC = 0.40). Our results suggest that pupillometry and the parameters derived from the recording may identify delirious patients in the PACU. This information can help to efficiently structure their care in a timely manner, and potentially avoid adverse complications for the patient and financial consequences for the hospital.
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Mitz AR, Chacko RV, Putnam PT, Rudebeck PH, Murray EA. Using pupil size and heart rate to infer affective states during behavioral neurophysiology and neuropsychology experiments. J Neurosci Methods 2017; 279:1-12. [PMID: 28089759 PMCID: PMC5346348 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Nonhuman primates (NHPs) are a valuable research model because of their behavioral, physiological and neuroanatomical similarities to humans. In the absence of language, autonomic activity can provide crucial information about cognitive and affective states during single-unit recording, inactivation and lesion studies. Methods standardized for use in humans are not easily adapted to NHPs and detailed guidance has been lacking. NEW METHOD We provide guidance for monitoring heart rate and pupil size in the behavioral neurophysiology setting by addressing the methodological issues, pitfalls and solutions for NHP studies. The methods are based on comparative physiology to establish a rationale for each solution. We include examples from both electrophysiological and lesion studies. RESULTS Single-unit recording, pupil responses and heart rate changes represent a range of decreasing temporal resolution, a characteristic that impacts experimental design and analysis. We demonstrate the unexpected result that autonomic measures acquired before and after amygdala lesions are comparable despite disruption of normal autonomic function. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS Species and study design differences can render standard techniques used in human studies inappropriate for NHP studies. We show how to manage data from small groups typical of NHP studies, data from the short behavioral trials typical of neurophysiological studies, issues associated with longitudinal studies, and differences in anatomy and physiology. CONCLUSIONS Autonomic measurement to infer cognitive and affective states in NHP is neither off-the-shelf nor onerous. Familiarity with the issues and solutions will broaden the use of autonomic signals in NHP single unit and lesion studies.
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- Andrew R Mitz
- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Suzuki TW, Kunimatsu J, Tanaka M. Correlation between Pupil Size and Subjective Passage of Time in Non-Human Primates. J Neurosci 2016; 36:11331-11337. [PMID: 27807173 PMCID: PMC6601963 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2533-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Our daily experience of time is strongly influenced by internal states, such as arousal, attention, and mood. However, the underlying neuronal mechanism remains largely unknown. To investigate this, we recorded pupil diameter, which is closely linked to internal factors and neuromodulatory signaling, in monkeys performing the oculomotor version of the time production paradigm. In the self-timed saccade task, animals were required to make a memory-guided saccade during a predetermined time interval following a visual cue. We found that pupil diameter was negatively correlated with trial-by-trial latency of self-timed saccades. Because no significant correlation was found for visually guided saccades, correlation of self-timed saccades could not be explained solely by the facilitation of saccade execution. As the reward amount was manipulated, pupil diameter and saccade latency altered in opposite directions and the magnitudes of modulation correlated strongly across sessions, further supporting the close link between pupil diameter and the subjective passage of time. When the animals were trained to produce two different intervals depending on the instruction, the pupil size again correlated with the trial-by-trial variation of saccade latency in each condition; however, pupil diameter differed significantly for saccades with similar latencies generated under different conditions. Our results indicate that internal brain states indexed by pupil diameter, which parallel noradrenergic neuronal activity (Aston-Jones and Cohen, 2005), may bias trial-by-trial variation in the subjective passage of time. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Daily experience of time is strongly influenced by our internal state, but the underlying neuronal mechanism remains elusive. Here we demonstrate that pupil diameter is negatively correlated with subjective elapsed time in monkeys performing an oculomotor version of the time production task. When the animals reported two different intervals depending on the instruction, pupil size was correlated with reported timing in each condition but differed for similar timing under different conditions. Given the close correlation between pupil diameter and noradrenergic signaling reported previously, our data indicate that brain states probed by pupil diameter and noradrenergic neuronal activity might modulate subjective passage of time.
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- Tomoki W Suzuki
- Department of Physiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan, and
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- Department of Physiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan, and
- Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Department of Physiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan, and
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Nuske HJ, Vivanti G, Dissanayake C. Reactivity to fearful expressions of familiar and unfamiliar people in children with autism: an eye-tracking pupillometry study. J Neurodev Disord 2014; 6:14. [PMID: 24982695 PMCID: PMC4064262 DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-6-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Individuals with autism are often reported to have difficulty with emotion processing. However, clinical and experimental data show that they are sensitive to familiarity; for example, they show normative attachment to familiar people, and have normative brain activity in response to familiar faces. To date, no study has measured their reactivity to the emotions of familiar vs. unfamiliar people. Thus, our aim was to determine whether individuals with autism would show normative reactivity to emotion in familiar people. METHODS Participants were 21 children with autism and 21 children with typical development, aged two to five years, matched on age and gender. The children observed videos of familiar people (their child-care teachers) and unfamiliar people expressing fear, whilst their visual attention and pupillary reactions were recorded (the latter as an index of emotional reactivity), using eye tracking technology. RESULTS The children with autism showed normative pupillary reactions (peak magnitude) to fear expressed by familiar people, but a reduced response to fear expressed by unfamiliar people. However, across familiarity conditions, the children with autism had longer latency peak responses than the typically developing children. This pattern of findings was independent of cognitive factors or visual attention as visual attention by group was not related to familiarity condition. The children with autism had reduced visual attention to neutral faces; however, on fearful faces there were no group differences. Abnormalities in pupillary reactivity in the autism group were related to less prosocial behaviour and more severe play and communication deficits. CONCLUSIONS Children with autism were less atypical in their responses to fearful expressions of people they know, arguing against a pervasive emotional impairment in autism, but rather one that may be mediated by familiarity.
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- Heather J Nuske
- Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Victoria Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Schmidtke J. Second language experience modulates word retrieval effort in bilinguals: evidence from pupillometry. Front Psychol 2014; 5:137. [PMID: 24600428 PMCID: PMC3930865 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Bilingual speakers often have less language experience compared to monolinguals as a result of speaking two languages and/or a later age of acquisition of the second language. This may result in weaker and less precise phonological representations of words in memory, which may cause greater retrieval effort during spoken word recognition. To gauge retrieval effort, the present study compared the effects of word frequency, neighborhood density (ND), and level of English experience by testing monolingual English speakers and native Spanish speakers who differed in their age of acquisition of English (early/late). In the experimental paradigm, participants heard English words and matched them to one of four pictures while the pupil size, an indication of cognitive effort, was recorded. Overall, both frequency and ND effects could be observed in the pupil response, indicating that lower frequency and higher ND were associated with greater retrieval effort. Bilingual speakers showed an overall delayed pupil response and a larger ND effect compared to the monolingual speakers. The frequency effect was the same in early bilinguals and monolinguals but was larger in late bilinguals. Within the group of bilingual speakers, higher English proficiency was associated with an earlier pupil response in addition to a smaller frequency and ND effect. These results suggest that greater retrieval effort associated with bilingualism may be a consequence of reduced language experience rather than constitute a categorical bilingual disadvantage. Future avenues for the use of pupillometry in the field of spoken word recognition are discussed.
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- Jens Schmidtke
- Program of Second Language Studies, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
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Naber M, Alvarez GA, Nakayama K. Tracking the allocation of attention using human pupillary oscillations. Front Psychol 2013; 4:919. [PMID: 24368904 PMCID: PMC3857913 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The muscles that control the pupil are richly innervated by the autonomic nervous system. While there are central pathways that drive pupil dilations in relation to arousal, there is no anatomical evidence that cortical centers involved with visual selective attention innervate the pupil. In this study, we show that such connections must exist. Specifically, we demonstrate a novel Pupil Frequency Tagging (PFT) method, where oscillatory changes in stimulus brightness over time are mirrored by pupil constrictions and dilations. We find that the luminance–induced pupil oscillations are enhanced when covert attention is directed to the flicker stimulus and when targets are correctly detected in an attentional tracking task. These results suggest that the amplitudes of pupil responses closely follow the allocation of focal visual attention and the encoding of stimuli. PFT provides a new opportunity to study top–down visual attention itself as well as identifying the pathways and mechanisms that support this unexpected phenomenon.
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- Marnix Naber
- Vision Sciences Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA ; Social and Behavioural Sciences, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands
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- Vision Sciences Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Vision Sciences Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA
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