PTSD Arousal and Depression Symptoms Associated with Increased Right-Sided Parietal EEG Asymmetry

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 324-329

  Metzger, Linda J ^a,b   Carson, Margaret A ^a,d   Paulus, Lynn A ^a   Paige, Stephen R ^c   Lasko, Natasha B ^a,b   Pitman, Roger K ^e   Orr, Scott P ^a,b  

^a Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 2142823692     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.2.324     Document Type: Article

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