Premenstrual dysphoric disorder and changes in frontal alpha asymmetry

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Baehr, Elsa ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Peter ^c   Miller, Laura ^d   Baehr, Rufus ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NeuroQuest Inc   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e One of the City Colleges of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha asymmetry; Depression; EEG biofeedback; Neurofeedback; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTION; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME;

EID: 1642421879     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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