Grandchildren at High and Low Risk for Depression Differ in EEG Measures of Regional Brain Asymmetry

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1317-1323

  Bruder, Gerard E ^a   Tenke, Craig E ^a   Warner, Virginia ^a   Weissman, Myrna M ^a  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha power; EEG; hemispheric asymmetry; high risk; major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRANDCHILD; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK; VISION;

EID: 35848954543     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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