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Table 4 Summary of studies on PPI deficit that compared mood-related disorders patients to matched controls

From: Prepulse inhibition deficit as a transdiagnostic process in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic review

Study

Startle response (SR)

Prepulse inhibition (PPI)

Neurobiology proposed

Cognition proposed

Perry et al. [91]

No differences

No differences (tendency: MDD > Control: ↓%PPI)

CSPP deficit RT ↓ PPI

NR

Quednow et al. [97]

No differences

No differences

NR

Suicide attempt no RT PPI

Comasco et al. [112]

MDD > Control: ↑ SR mg.

MDD > Control: ↓ %PPI

Genetic risk RT ↓ PPI

Depression & insomnia RT ↓ PPI

Matsuo et al. [114]

No differences

MDD♂>Control♂: ↓ %PPI

Sexual dimorphism RT PPI

Depression RT ↓ PPI

Perry et al. [87]

No differences

BD > Control: ↓ %PPI

CSPP deficit RT ↓ PPI

Cognitive fragmentation RT ↓ PPI

Rich et al. [93]

No differences

No differences

NR

ADHD symptoms no RT PPI

Barrett et al. [94]

No differences

No differences

NR

NR

Carroll et al. [99]

BD > Control: SR ↓mg. ↑lat.

No differences

NR

Depression RT ↑ SR

Giakoumaki et al. [100]

No differences

BD > grBD > Control: ↓ %PPI

Genetic risk & PFC deficit RT ↓ PPI

↓ Inhibitory control RT ↓ PPI

Gogos et al. [102]

BD♂>Control♂: ↓ SR mg.

BD♂>Control♂: ↓%PPI (60ms)

BD♀>Control♀: ↑%PPI (120ms)

Increase in 5-HT receptors

RT ↑ PPI (♀)

↑ ISI (120ms) mobilizes attentional resources

Ivleva et al. [107]

No differences

No differences

NR

NR

Sánchez-Morla et al. [110]

BD > Control: ↑ SR lat.

BD > Control: ↓ %PPI (ISI 60 and 120ms)

Amygdala déficit RT ↓ PPI

↓ Social cognition RT ↓ PPI

Bo et al. [117]

No differences

BD > Control: ↓ %PPI

PFC deficit RT ↓ PPI

↓ Inhibitory control RT ↓ PPI

Matsuo et al. [118]

No differences

BD♂>Control♂: ↓ %PPI

NR

Depression RT ↓ PPI

Massa et al. [119]

BD > Control: ↑ SR lat.

No differences

Genetic risk RT ↓ PPI

↓ Memory, executive function & SIP RT ↓ SR

San-Martin et al. [121]

No differences

BD > Control: ↓%PPI (ISI 60ms)

NR

NR

  1. Note: Abbreviations: ↑, increase or hyperactivation of; ↓, deficit or hypoactivation of; BD, bipolar disorder; CSPP, corticostriatal-pallidopontine limbic circuit; ISI, interstimulus interval; Lat., latency; MDD, major depressive disorder; Mg., magnitude; ms, milliseconds; NR, not reported; PFC, prefrontal cortex; PPI, prepulse inhibition; RT, related to; SIP, speed of information processing; SR, startle response