Deconstructing the "resting" state: Exploring the temporal dynamics of frontal alpha asymmetry as an endophenotype for depression

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Allen, John J B ^a   Cohen, Michael X ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; EEG asymmetry; EEG dynamics; Endophenotype; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952996505     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00232     Document Type: Article

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