Children's depressive symptoms in relation to EEG frontal asymmetry and maternal depression

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-276

  Feng, Xin ^a   Forbes, Erika E ^b   Kovacs, Maria ^b   George, Charles J ^b   Lopez Duran, Nestor L ^c   Fox, Nathan A ^d   Cohn, Jeffrey F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood depression; EEG symmetry; Emotion; Maternal depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS;

EID: 84858405005     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-011-9564-9     Document Type: Article

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