FMRI response to acute psychological stress differentiates patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures from healthy controls – A biochemical and neuroimaging biomarker study

We investigated psychological stress response in the brain regions involved in emotion-motor-executive control in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). 12 PNES patients and 12 healthy controls (HCs) underwent stress task and resting state functional MRI (fMRI), mood and quality of life (QOL) as...

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Published in:NeuroImage clinical 2019-01, Vol.24, p.101967-101967, Article 101967
Main Authors: Allendorfer, Jane B., Nenert, Rodolphe, Hernando, Kathleen A., DeWolfe, Jennifer L., Pati, Sandipan, Thomas, Ashley E., Billeaud, Neil, Martin, Roy C., Szaflarski, Jerzy P.
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Language:English
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Adult
Alpha-amylase
Cortisol
Emotion
Female
fMRI
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Neuroimaging - methods
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)
Psychological stress
Regular
Seizures - diagnostic imaging
Seizures - physiopathology
Stress, Psychological - diagnostic imaging
Stress, Psychological - physiopathology
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Summary:We investigated psychological stress response in the brain regions involved in emotion-motor-executive control in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). 12 PNES patients and 12 healthy controls (HCs) underwent stress task and resting state functional MRI (fMRI), mood and quality of life (QOL) assessments, and measurements of salivary cortisol, alpha-amylase, and heart rate. Group differences were assessed, and we correlated beta values from a priori selected brain regions showing stress task fMRI group differences with other stress response measures. We also used the regions showing stress task fMRI group differences as seeds for resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC) analysis. Mood and QOL were worse in PNES versus HCs. Physiological and assessment measures were similar except ‘Planful Problem Solving’ coping that was greater for HCs (p = .043). Perceived stress associated negatively with heart rate change (rs = −0.74, p = .0063). There was stress fMRI hyporeactivity in left/right amygdala and left hippocampus in PNES versus HCs (corrected p 
ISSN:2213-1582
2213-1582
DOI:10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101967