Frontal brain activity pattern predicts depression in adolescent boys

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 525-527

  Mitchell, Amanda M ^a   Pössel, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Boys; Depression; EEG; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856359210     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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