Prefrontal brain asymmetry and pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder symptomatology JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS Accortt, E. E., Stewart, J. L., Coan, J. A., Manber, R., Allen, J. J. 2011; 128 (1-2): 178-183

Abstract

Pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a dysphoric form of pre-menstrual syndrome, is included as a diagnosis for further study in the DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000). The present study investigated whether a marker of risk for major depressive disorder (MDD), prefrontal brain asymmetry, also characterizes women with PMDD.In a sample of 25 college women with PMDD symptomatology and 25 matched controls, resting frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) activity was assessed on four occasions within a two-week span.Across several frontal sites women with PMDD had relatively less left than right prefrontal brain activity, consistent with a diathesis-stress model for menstrual-related dysphoria.The findings suggest an overlap in the risk profile for MDD and PMDD.

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