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EEG in 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers

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2002
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EEG was examined in 348 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers. Both the percentage of infants exhibiting spectral peaks and the frequency in Hz at which those peaks were exhibited increased with age. Similarly, the EEG spectra showed a developmental increase in absolute power and a decrease in lower frequency and increase in higher frequency components. Infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater 8Hz lower 3Hz relative power and greater left frontal EEG log-absolute power than infants of non-depressed mothers. This profile was specially marked across a narrow frequency range which shifted from 3--9Hz to 4--9Hz by 3-months. Evaluation of 4 different asymmetry indices revealed that while both the log-absolute difference and the absolute ratio asymmetry indices best differentiated infants of depressed from infants of non-depressed mothers, the absolute ratio asymmetry index appeared to minimize within group variability. The significance of these findings are discussed.
Title: EEG in 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers.
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Name(s): Diego, Miguel Angel
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Jones, Nancy Aaron, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 116 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: EEG was examined in 348 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers. Both the percentage of infants exhibiting spectral peaks and the frequency in Hz at which those peaks were exhibited increased with age. Similarly, the EEG spectra showed a developmental increase in absolute power and a decrease in lower frequency and increase in higher frequency components. Infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater 8Hz lower 3Hz relative power and greater left frontal EEG log-absolute power than infants of non-depressed mothers. This profile was specially marked across a narrow frequency range which shifted from 3--9Hz to 4--9Hz by 3-months. Evaluation of 4 different asymmetry indices revealed that while both the log-absolute difference and the absolute ratio asymmetry indices best differentiated infants of depressed from infants of non-depressed mothers, the absolute ratio asymmetry index appeared to minimize within group variability. The significance of these findings are discussed.
Identifier: 9780493913018 (isbn), 12945 (digitool), FADT12945 (IID), fau:9817 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Electroencephalography
Children of depressed persons
Pediatric neurology
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