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Patients with mutations of the Thyroid hormone beta-receptor show an ADHD-like phenotype for performance monitoring: an electrophysiological study.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Uter, Jan 
Heldmann, Marcus 
Rogge, Berenike 
Obst, Martina 
Steinhardt, Julia 

Abstract

Resistance to thyroid hormone beta (RTHβ) is a syndrome of reduced responsiveness of peripheral tissue to thyroid hormone, caused by mutations in the thyroid hormone receptor beta (THRB). Its cognitive phenotype has been reported to be similar to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study used electrophysiological biomarkers of performance monitoring in RTHβ to contribute further evidence on its phenotypical similarity to ADHD. Twenty-one participants with RTHβ aged 18-67 years and 21 matched healthy controls performed a modified flanker task during EEG recording. The RTHβ and control groups were compared on behavioural measures and components of event related potentials (ERPs), i.e. the error related negativity (ERN), the error positivity (Pe) and P3 component. There were no significant group differences with regard to behaviour. RTHβ subjects displayed significantly reduced ERN and Pe amplitudes compared to the controls in the response-locked ERPs. In addition, we observed reduced P3 amplitudes in both congruent and incongruent trials, as well as prolonged P3 latencies in RTHβ subjects in the stimulus-locked ERPs. Our findings reveal alterations in error detection and performance monitoring of RTHβ patients, likely indicating reduced error awareness. The electrophysiological phenotype of RTHß subjects with regard to action monitoring is indistinguishable from ADHD.

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ADHD-like symptoms, Action monitoring, Event-related potentials, Resistance to thyroid hormones, TH beta receptor, Thyroid hormones (TH), Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Phenotype, Thyroid Hormone Receptors beta, Thyroid Hormone Resistance Syndrome, Young Adult

Journal Title

Neuroimage Clin

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Journal ISSN

2213-1582
2213-1582

Volume Title

26

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (210755/Z/18/Z)