EEG alpha asymmetry as a gender-specific predictor of outcome to acute treatment with different antidepressant medications in the randomized iSPOT-D study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 509-519

  Arns, Martijn ^a,b   Bruder, Gerard ^c   Hegerl, Ulrich ^d   Spooner, Chris ^e,f   Palmer, Donna M ^e,f,g   Etkin, Amit ^h,i   Fallahpour, Kamran ^c,j   Gatt, Justine M ^g,k,l   Hirshberg, Laurence ^m   Gordon, Evian ^e,f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE BRAINCLINICS   (Netherlands)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e Brain Resource Ltd   (Australia)

^f Brain Resource International Database   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j The Brain Resource Center   (United States)

^k NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alpha; Alpha asymmetry; Antidepressant; Depression; EEG; Gender; ISPOT D; Major depressive disorder; Personalized medicine; QEEG

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964430134     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.05.032     Document Type: Article

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