Effects of meditation on frontal α-asymmetry in previously suicidal individuals

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 709-712

  Barnhofer, Thorsten ^a   Duggan, Danielle ^a   Crane, Catherine ^a   Hepburn, Silvia ^a   Fennell, Melanie J V ^a   Williams, J Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Prefrontal asymmetry; Resting electroencephalogram; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SUICIDE;

EID: 34247210621     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280d943cd     Document Type: Article

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