Retardation in depression: Assessment by means of simple motor tasks

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Sabbe, Bernard ^a   Hulstijn, Wouter ^b   Van Hoof, Jacques ^c   Tuynman Qua, H G ^d   Zitman, Frans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Inst of Psychiatric Care Rosmalen   (Netherlands)

^d Eli Lilly Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive slowing; Depression; Fine motor behaviour; Motor slowing; Movement analysis; Psychomotor retardation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOXETINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032865745     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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