ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Assessing Changes in Irritability Longitudinally in Presymptomatic Huntington's Disease Gene Expansion Carriers
- Alicia Henson
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Cara Joyce
Loyola University Chicago - Alex Pinto
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Maria Rudrud
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Monica Janz
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Nathaniel Houghtaling
University of Wisconsin-Madison - William Adams
Loyola University - Jane Paulsen
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract
We analyzed longitudinal data on irritability symptoms from the multisite observational Predict-HD study on 294 participants carrying the gene expansion that causes Huntington’s Disease. Inward and outward irritability scores were stable over one year and correlated with depression and anxiety but not cumulative exposure to mutant huntingtin protein (CAP score).
Emotion