Infant frontal EEG asymmetry in relation with postnatal maternal depression and parenting behavior

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Wen, D J ^a   Soe, N N ^a   Sim, L W ^b   Sanmugam, S ^b   Kwek, K ^c   Chong, Y S ^b,d   Gluckman, P D ^b   Meaney, M J ^b,e,f   Rifkin Graboi, A ^b   Qiu, A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL STATUS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 85037605370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.28     Document Type: Article

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