Review of brain functioning in depression for semantic processing and verbal fluency

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Klumpp, Heide ^a   Deldin, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Depression; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Frontal lobe; Semantic processing; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHONEME; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; READING; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76749099663     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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