Lateral asymmetries in the frontal brain: Effects of depression and a family history of alcoholism in female adolescents

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1662-1668

  Bauer, Lance O ^a,b   Hesselbrock, Victor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain Mapping; Depression; EEG; Electroencephalography; Family History; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036860326     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02468.x     Document Type: Article

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