Resting-state EEG delta power is associated with psychological pain in adults with a history of depression

Biological Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-114

  Meerwijk, Esther L ^a   Ford, Judith M ^a,b   Weiss, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Depression; EEG; Mental pain; Nonlinear measures; Psychological pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; BECK SUICIDE IDEATION SCALE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRONTAL ALPHA ASYMMETRY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL FRACTAL DIMENSION ASYMMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBACH AND MIKULINCER MENTAL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHACHE SCALE; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AROUSAL; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921862823     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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