Infants of depressed mothers exhibit atypical frontal brain activity: A replication and extension of previous findings

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Dawson, Geraldine ^a   Frey, Karin ^a   Panagiotides, Heracles ^a   Osterling, Julie ^a   Hessl, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG activity; Emotion; Infants; Maternal depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031045736     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01852.x     Document Type: Article

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