TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - White matter hyperintensities and self-reported depression in a sample of patients with chronic headache
JO  - Journal of headache and pain
A1  - Serafini, Gianluca
A1  - Pompili, Maurizio
A1  - Innamorati, Marco
A1  - Negro, Andrea
A1  - Fiorillo, Martina
A1  - Lamis, Dorian Ashley
A1  - Erbuto, Denise
A1  - Marsibilio, Francesco
A1  - Romano, Andrea
A1  - Amore, Mario
A1  - D'Alonzo, Lidia
A1  - Bozzao, Alessandro
A1  - Girardi, Paolo
A1  - Martelletti, Paolo
SP  - 661
EP  - 667
VL  - 13
IS  - 8
N2  - White matter hyperintensities (WMH) have been associated with mood disorders in psychiatric patients. In the present study, we aimed to assess whether WMHs are associated with depressive symptoms and different sensitivity of the behavioral inhibition (BIS), and activation (BAS) systems in patients with chronic headache. Participants were 85 adult outpatients (16 men and 69 women) with a diagnosis of chronic headache. All of the patients underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and were administered the BIS/BAS scales and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Above 40 % of patients had periventricular WMHs (PWMHs) and almost 98 % had deep WMHs (DWMHs). Patients with PWMHs reported fewer depressive symptoms than patients without PWMHs. Patients with more severe DWMHs (compared with patients with mild or without DWMH lesions) were older and reported lower scores on the drive dimension of the BIS/BAS scales. In multivariate analyses, patients with PWMHs were 1.06 times more likely to report fewer depressive symptoms than patients without PWMHs. WMH lesions in patients with chronic headache were associated with less depression severity.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1129-2369
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-012-0493-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -