Cortical inhibitory and excitatory function in drug-naive generalized anxiety disorder

Cheng Ta Li, Chia Feng Lu, Hui Ching Lin, Ying Zu Huang, Chi Hung Juan, Tung Ping Su, Ya Mei Bai, Mu Hong Chen, Wei Chen Lin

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摘要

Background A growing body of evidence suggests that deficits in GABAergic inhibitory and glutamatergic excitatory neurotransmission may be involved in the core pathophysiology of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a disease characterized by pathological anxious worrying. The aim of the present study was to measure motor cortical excitability by paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (ppTMS) in patients with GAD. Methods ppTMS measurements of excitation and inhibition from bilateral motor cortices were investigated in 26 right-handed GAD patients who were drug-naïve (half of them with a comorbidity of major depressive disorder) and 35 right-handed age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI), intracortical facilitation (ICF), and long-interval intracortical inhibition (LICI) were studied; evidence indicated that these are mainly mediated by GABA-A receptors, glutamate receptors, and GABA-B receptors, respectively. Results After correcting for multiple comparisons, GAD patients had significantly lower left ICF (p < 0.001, Cohen's d = 1.348) and right ICF (p = 0.001, Cohen's d = 0.963), but not SICI and LICI, than did healthy controls. No significant difference of the ICF values was found between GAD with and without depressive disorders. Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that left ICF (B = −4.990, 95% CI = −8.821 to −1.039, p = 0.007) and group (B = 13.179, 95% CI = 10.208 to 16.149, p = 0.001) predicted anxiety symptoms significantly. Conclusion The present study provided direct evidence to support that generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by impaired intra-cortical facilitation of motor cortex, suggesting glutamate-related excitatory dysfunction may play a key role in pathological anxiety.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)604-608
頁數5
期刊Brain Stimulation
10
發行號3
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 5月 1 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 一般神經科學
  • 生物物理學
  • 神經病學(臨床)

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