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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Biomarkers

Background:

  • Precise diagnosis of mental disorders with overlapping symptoms, like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), is challenging.
  • Investigating objective neurophysiological markers is crucial for improving diagnostic accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if P300 features, from both sensor-level and source-level analyses, can effectively differentiate PTSD from MDD and healthy controls (HCs).
  • To explore the utility of P300 alterations as potential biomarkers for PTSD diagnosis.

Main Methods:

  • EEG data were collected from 51 PTSD patients, 67 MDD patients, and 39 HCs during an auditory oddball task.
  • P300 amplitude and latency were analyzed, alongside source-level analysis using sLORETA.
  • Machine learning classified groups using sensor- and source-level P300 features, including analyses of comorbid PTSD (PTSDc) and non-comorbid PTSD (PTSDm).

Main Results:

  • PTSD patients exhibited significantly reduced P300 amplitudes and prolonged latency compared to HCs and MDD.
  • Source-level analysis revealed significantly reduced brain activity in PTSD patients, correlating with depression and anxiety symptoms.
  • Classification accuracies reached up to 80.00% for PTSD-HCs, 70.34% for PTSD-MDD, and higher for subgroups (e.g., 82.56% for PTSDc-HCs).

Conclusions:

  • Abnormal P300 characteristics reflect PTSD pathophysiology, enabling effective discrimination from MDD and HCs.
  • Altered P300 features at both sensor and source levels show promise as reliable biomarkers for diagnosing PTSD.