Research Article

Emotional Processing Impairments in Apathetic Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: An ERP Study in Early Time Windows

Table 3

Amplitudes and latencies of ERP components of PD patients and HCs during emotional face categorization.

GroupLeftRight
PositiveNeutralNegativePositiveNeutralNegative

P100
Amplitude (μV)Apathetic4.84 (1.22)5.48 (1.76)6.30 (2.06)5.86 (1.13)6.91 (1.30)7.66 (2.40)
Nonapathetic4.84 (1.61)5.19 (1.49)6.02 (1.50)7.21 (1.56)5.87 (1.76)6.31 (1.53)
HC7.34 (1.84)9.12 (2.01)7.82 (1.98)7.31 (2.25)6.67 (1.40)6.49 (1.05)
Latency (ms)Apathetic142.83 (26.44)149.83 (25.97)140.50 (25.23)141.50 (22.87)152.33 (28.76)144.83 (24.63)
Nonapathetic122.66 (20.72)122.83 (17.85)138.83 (24.29)127.00 (21.37)117.67 (21.15)133.50 (22.81)
HC118.60 (16.27)119.40 (18.18)121.40 (19.35)110.00 (14.97)119.00 (17.10)116.80 (15.77)

N170
Amplitude (μV)Apathetic12.09 (2.81)9.97 (2.89)11.07 (2.85)12.48 (4.07)11.39 (3.87)10.95 (3.43)
Nonapathetic12.24 (3.59)12.76 (3.99)13.53 (3.58)15.11 (4.95)15.83 (5.46)16.06 (4.81)
HC20.07 (6.36)19.84 (5.68)21.46 (5.68)24.38 (7.31)24.91 (6.44)25.27 (7.17)
Latency (ms)Apathetic200.67 (20.52)202.50 (32.84)203.50 (27.38)206.50 (25.61)209.83 (25.43)208.83 (31.17)
Nonapathetic183.17 (35.16)182.67 (35.57)192.17 (32.71)187.83 (34.36)182.50 (31.17)184.17 (23.80)
HC187.20 (43.64)182.20 (27.04)189.60 (33.60)183.00 (32.21)183.60 (21.63)183.00 (24.29)

P100 and N170 results from the apathetic PD group, nonapathetic PD group, and HC group are expressed as mean (SD).