Functional connectivity in major depression: Increased phase synchronization between frontal cortical EEG-source estimates

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 91-99

  Olbrich, Sebastian ^a,b   Tränkner, Anja ^a   Chittka, Tobias ^a,b   Hegerl, Ulrich ^a,b   Schönknecht, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medication; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; ELORETA; Medial prefrontal cortex; Nonlinear lagged coherence; Subgenual prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ELORETA; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONLINEAR LAGGED COHERENCE; SUBGENUAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN MAPPING; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898785342     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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