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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Relationships between psychomotor retardation and EEG power spectrum in major depression.

S. SchlegelD. Nieber

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AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPsychometricsAlpha (ethology)AudiologyElectroencephalographyFunctional LateralityMelancholiamedicineHumansSpectral analysisTheta RhythmPsychiatryBiological PsychiatryDepression (differential diagnoses)AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesDepressive DisorderPsychomotor retardationmedicine.diagnostic_testBrainElectroencephalographyMiddle AgedPsychiatry and Mental healthAlpha RhythmNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyFemalemedicine.symptomPsychomotor DisordersPsychomotor disorderPsychologyFactor Analysis Statistical

description

In 63 depressed patients, the associations between severity of depression, psychomotor retardation, assessed by the Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale, and EEG spectral analysis were examined. Slow EEG activity (theta 2/alpha 1 bands) was positively and fast activity (alpha 3/beta bands) negatively correlated with the observed retardation. Out of the four retardation subitems (motor, verbal, intellectual and emotional), motor retardation was closest correlated with slow EEG activity.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1992-01-01Neuropsychobiology
10.1159/000118804https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1603290