Stress, Prefrontal Cortex Asymmetry, and Depression

The Handbook of Stress: Neuropsychological Effects on the Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 505-523

  Sullivan, Ron M ^a   Laplante, François ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain damage, laterality and depression; Depression, left prefrontal deficits or right prefrontal hyperfunction; Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; EEG studies of frontal brain asymmetry; Hemispheric specialization of prefrontal function; Lateralization of stress regulatory systems; Prefrontal cortex (PFC) and depression; Stress, prefrontal cortex asymmetry and depression; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

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EID: 84882716866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118083222.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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