EEG in 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers.
EEGs were examined in data collected from 348 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers across several studies. Both the percentage of infants exhibiting spectral peaks and the frequency in Hz at which those peaks were exhibited increased with age. Consistent with previous studies, infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater left frontal EEG power, suggesting greater relative right frontal EEG activity than infants of non-depressed mothers. This profile was apparent across a narrow frequency range, which shifted from 3-9Hz at 1 week of age to 4-9Hz by 3 months of age.
Touch Research Institutes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA. mdiego@med.miami.edu
Miguel A
MA
Diego
Nancy Aaron
NA
Jones
Tiffany
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Field
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires