Resting frontal EEG asymmetry as an endophenotype for depression risk: Sex-specific patterns of frontal brain asymmetry

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 502-512

  Stewart, Jennifer L ^a   Bismark, Andrew W ^a   Towers, David N ^b   Coan, James A ^c   Allen, John J B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; EEG asymmetry; Endophenotype; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77955638263     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019196     Document Type: Article

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