Influence of age, gender, health status, and depression on quantitative EEG

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-76

  Morgan, Melinda L ^a,b   Witte, Elise A ^a,b   Cook, Ian A ^a,b   Leuchter, Andrew F ^a,b   Abrams, Michelle ^a,b   Siegman, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordance; Depression; Neurophysiology; Normal aging; Quantitative electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 23844465591     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086608     Document Type: Article

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