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SUBMITTER: Stewart JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2916182 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stewart Jennifer L JL Bismark Andrew W AW Towers David N DN Coan James A JA Allen John J B JJ
Journal of abnormal psychology 20100801 3
Resting frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) asymmetry has been hypothesized as a marker of risk for major depressive disorder (MDD), but the extant literature is based predominately on female samples. Resting frontal asymmetry was assessed on 4 occasions within a 2-week period in 306 individuals aged 18-34 (31% male) with (n = 143) and without (n = 163) lifetime MDD as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Li ...[more]