The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disorders

Abstract Suicide is a serious public health problem, and it is urgent to identify biomarkers associated with suicide to prevent it. We aimed to clarify the association across suicidal behavior, personality traits, and brain activation by emotional stimulation tasks using near-infrared spectroscopy (...

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Main Authors: Hisashi Kamimura, Takahiro Matsuoka, Hiroshi Okai, Naoki Shimizu, Shu Harada, Koji Matsuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22345-3
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author Hisashi Kamimura
Takahiro Matsuoka
Hiroshi Okai
Naoki Shimizu
Shu Harada
Koji Matsuo
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description Abstract Suicide is a serious public health problem, and it is urgent to identify biomarkers associated with suicide to prevent it. We aimed to clarify the association across suicidal behavior, personality traits, and brain activation by emotional stimulation tasks using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in patients with mood disorders. 11 mood disorder patients with a history of suicide attempt (MDSA), 18 mood disorder patients with no history of suicide attempt (MDNSA), and 17 healthy individuals were studied. The MDSA patients showed significantly high impulsivity and hopeless compared to healthy subjects, great response to the thread word task in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) compared to MDNSA patients, and the significant correlation between the personality traits and brain activation. The MDNSA did not show the trend. The results suggest that the personality traits and the activation of OFC and DLPFC during the negative emotional cognitive stimuli is associated with suicidal behavior, indicating the findings are involved in the pathophysiology of suicidality in mood disorders.
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spelling doaj.art-a27f2d0cb1f14308b5449c2f13b446da2022-12-22T04:07:37ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-10-0112111210.1038/s41598-022-22345-3The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disordersHisashi Kamimura0Takahiro Matsuoka1Hiroshi Okai2Naoki Shimizu3Shu Harada4Koji Matsuo5Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical UniversityAbstract Suicide is a serious public health problem, and it is urgent to identify biomarkers associated with suicide to prevent it. We aimed to clarify the association across suicidal behavior, personality traits, and brain activation by emotional stimulation tasks using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in patients with mood disorders. 11 mood disorder patients with a history of suicide attempt (MDSA), 18 mood disorder patients with no history of suicide attempt (MDNSA), and 17 healthy individuals were studied. The MDSA patients showed significantly high impulsivity and hopeless compared to healthy subjects, great response to the thread word task in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) compared to MDNSA patients, and the significant correlation between the personality traits and brain activation. The MDNSA did not show the trend. The results suggest that the personality traits and the activation of OFC and DLPFC during the negative emotional cognitive stimuli is associated with suicidal behavior, indicating the findings are involved in the pathophysiology of suicidality in mood disorders.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22345-3
spellingShingle Hisashi Kamimura
Takahiro Matsuoka
Hiroshi Okai
Naoki Shimizu
Shu Harada
Koji Matsuo
The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disorders
Scientific Reports
title The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disorders
title_full The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disorders
title_fullStr The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disorders
title_full_unstemmed The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disorders
title_short The associations between suicide-related behaviors, prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition, and personality traits in mood disorders
title_sort associations between suicide related behaviors prefrontal dysfunction in emotional cognition and personality traits in mood disorders
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22345-3
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