Cortical excitability and rest activity properties in patients with depression

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-266

  Salustri, Carlo ^a,b   Tecchio, Franca ^a,b   Zappasodi, Filippo ^a,b   Bevacqua, Gabriela ^b   Fontana, Mauro ^b   Ercolani, Matilde ^b   Milazzo, Daniele ^b   Squitti, Rosanna ^b   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Magnetoencephalography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMISPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; STEADY STATE;

EID: 34447335129     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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