Rumination in major depressive disorder is associated with impaired neural activation during conflict monitoring

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Alderman, Brandon L ^a   Olson, Ryan L ^a   Bates, Marsha E ^a   Selby, Edward A ^a   Buckman, Jennifer F ^a   Brush, Christopher J ^a   Panza, Emily A ^a   Kranzler, Amy ^a   Eddie, David ^a   Shors, Tracey J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Cognitive control; Depression; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; N2; P3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RUMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84933672080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00269     Document Type: Article

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