Disorder specificity despite comorbidity: Resting EEG alpha asymmetry in major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-354

  Kemp, A H ^a   Griffiths, K ^a   Felmingham, K L ^a,b   Shankman, S A ^c   Drinkenburg, W ^d   Arns, M ^e   Clark, C R ^f   Bryant, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE BRAINCLINICS   (Netherlands)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha asymmetry; Brain Resource International Database; BRAINnet; Depression; EEG; Electroencephalography; MDD; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77956769764     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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