Right frontal EEG and pregnancy/neonatal outcomes.
Journal Article
Fifty-two pregnant women recruited during their second trimester were given EEGs and divided into greater relative right and left frontal EEG activation groups. The greater relative right frontal EEG women had lower dopamine levels during their second trimester and lower dopamine and higher cortisol levels during the neonatal period. The newborns of the right frontal EEG mothers also showed greater relative right frontal EEG, had lower dopamine and serotonin levels, spent more time in indeterminate sleep and had inferior Brazelton scores. A discriminant function analysis based on the mothers' prenatal depression scores and biochemical measures correctly classified 74% of the women as greater relative right or left frontal EEG group members.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Field, T; Diego, M; Hernandez-Reif, M; Schanberg, S; Kuhn, C
Published Date
- 2002
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 65 / 1
Start / End Page
- 35 - 47
PubMed ID
- 11980045
Pubmed Central ID
- 11980045
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0033-2747
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1521/psyc.65.1.35.19765
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States