Abnormal EEG complexity in patients with schizophrenia and depression

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1232-1241

  Li, Yingjie ^a   Tong, Shanbao ^b   Liu, Dan ^a   Gai, Yi ^a   Wang, Xiuyuan ^a   Wang, Jijun ^c   Qiu, Yihong ^b   Zhu, Yisheng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Complexity measure; Depression; EEG; Mental activity; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 42749087765     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.01.104     Document Type: Article

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