Scripps VIVO scripps research logo

  • Index
  • Log in
  • Home
  • People
  • Organizations
  • Research
  • Events
Search form
As of April 1st VIVO Scientific Profiles will no longer updated for faculty, and the link to VIVO will be removed from the library website. Faculty profile pages will continue to be updated via Interfolio. VIVO will continue being used behind the scenes to update graduate student profiles. Please contact helplib@scripps.edu if you have questions.
How to download citations from VIVO | Alternative profile options

Spectral analyses of sleep EEG in depressed offspring of fathers with or without a positive history of alcohol abuse or dependence: A pilot study

Academic Article
uri icon
  • Overview
  • Research
  • Identity
  • Additional Document Info
  • View All
scroll to property group menus

Overview

authors

  • Dahl, R. E.
  • Williamson, D. E.
  • Bertocci, M. A.
  • Stolz, M. V.
  • Ryan, N. D.
  • Ehlers, Cindy

publication date

  • July 2003

journal

  • Alcohol  Journal

abstract

  • The current study was designed to examine the effects of family history of alcohol use disorders on spectral electroencephalographic (EEG) sleep measures obtained in a sample of youth with depression. We evaluated sleep in 32 depressed youth (8-16 years of age) with and without a family history of alcohol use disorders. Eighteen of the participants (10 males and 8 females) reported a positive paternal history of alcohol use disorders and made up the family history positive (FHP) group. Power-spectral analyses revealed that increased power in the 7.50-11.00 Hz band (slow alpha) was associated with boys in the FHP group for the first and second non-rapid eye movement (REM) periods, second REM period, awake during the night, and entire night period. Results also showed increased power in the higher alpha frequencies (11.00-12.25 Hz) for non-REM, REM, and awake periods. A significant increase in spectral power was also observed in boys in the FHP group in the delta frequencies (0.75-4.50 Hz) during the second REM period. These findings are consistent with results from previous studies, demonstrating that EEG alpha power is positively associated with a family history of alcohol use disorders.

subject areas

  • Adolescent
  • Alcoholism
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Child
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Electroencephalography
  • Fathers
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pilot Projects
  • Polysomnography
  • Sleep
scroll to property group menus

Research

keywords

  • alcohol
  • depressed adolescents
  • paternal offspring
  • sleep EEG
  • spectral analyses
scroll to property group menus

Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0741-8329

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.06.001

PubMed ID

  • 13679113
scroll to property group menus

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 193

end page

  • 200

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 3

©2022 The Scripps Research Institute | Terms of Use | Powered by VIVO

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Support