Neurocognitive dysfunction in antidepressant-free, non-elderly patients with unipolar depression: Alerting and covert orienting of visuospatial attention

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-78

  Pardo, José V ^a,b   Pardo, Patricia J ^a,b   Humes, Steven W ^c   I Posner, Michael ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerting; Arousal; Attention; Chronometry; Depression; Global slowing; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenergic; Orienting; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; STIMULUS; VARIANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646364017     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.12.037     Document Type: Article

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