Is resting anterior EEG alpha asymmetry a trait marker for depression? Findings for healthy adults and clinically depressed patients

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Debener, Stefan ^a   Beauducel, André ^a   Nessler, Doreen ^a,b   Brocke, Burkhard ^a   Heilemann, Hubert ^d   Kayser, Jürgen ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Institut für Psychologie II ^*

Author keywords

Anterior brain activation; Depression; EEG alpha power; Emotion; Laterality; Resting EEG; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DOXEPIN; LORAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033957498     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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