Altered frontal EEG asymmetry in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 596-601

  Ischebeck, Moritz ^a   Endrass, Tanja ^a   Simon, Daniela ^a   Kathmann, Norbert ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Electroencephalography; Emotion; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84902272511     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12214     Document Type: Article

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