Abstract
In 12 patients with affective disorders (ICD-10: F31, F32, F33), EEGs were recorded before and after 4.4 months of lithium treatment. Effects of lithium on the EEG were analyzed by power spectral analysis controlled for vigilance. We found (1) an increase in relative power in both delta and theta band which was related to the lithium plasma level, (2) a decrease in relative alpha power especially at occipital leads and (3) a reduction of the dominant alpha frequency. The changes in relative power were more pronounced in the right hemisphere, which is in contrast to the hypothesis of a site-specific localization of lithium effects only in left anterior regions. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG,Basel.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
| Faculties: | Medicine |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-16549-8 |
| ISSN: | 0302-282X |
| Alliance/National Licence: | This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 16549 |
| Date Deposited: | 29. Aug 2013 09:58 |
| Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020 12:58 |
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