Frontal brain electrical activity in infants of depressed and nondepressed mothers: Relation to variations in infant behavior

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 589-605

  Dawson, Geraldine ^a   Frey, Karin ^b   Self, Joanna ^b   Panagiotides, Heracles ^b   Hessl, David ^b   Yamada, Emily ^b   Rinaldi, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0033148192     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579499002229     Document Type: Article

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