Resting frontal brain activity: Linkages to maternal depression and socio-economic status among adolescents

Biological Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 77-102

  Tomarken, Andrew J ^a   Dichter, Gabriel S ^a   Garber, Judy ^b   Simien, Christopher ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Frontal EEG asymmetry; Risk for depression; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 2342446608     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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