Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activity in the Theta Band Predicts Response to Antidepressive Medication

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-81

  Mulert, Christoph ^a   Juckel, Georg ^b   Brunnmeier, Michael ^a   Karch, Susanne ^a   Leicht, Gregor ^a   Mergl, Roland ^b,c   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a   Hegerl, Ulrich ^b,c   Pogarell, Oliver ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citalopram; Electroencephalography; LORETA; Major Depression; Reboxetine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; REBOXETINE;

ADULT; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249889882     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940703800209     Document Type: Article

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