Regional brain asymmetries in major depression with or without an anxiety disorder: A quantitative electroencephalographic study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 939-948

  Bruder, Gerard E ^a,b   Fong, Regan ^a   Tenke, Craig E ^a   Leite, Paul ^a   Towey, James P ^a   Stewart, Jonathan E ^a   McGrath, Patrick J ^a   Quitkin, Frederic M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha asymmetry; anxiety disorders; brain laterality; depressive disorders; electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030994079     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00260-0     Document Type: Article

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