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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Genetic influences on bipolar EEG power spectra

International Journal of Psychophysiology
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The EEG bipolar power spectra provide more localization than spectral measures obtained from monopolar referencing strategies, and have been shown to be useful endophenotypes of psychiatric disorders such as alcoholism.

Our results suggest that substantial proportions of the variability in the bipolar EEG measures are explained by genetic factors.

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