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Table 2 Aberrant oscillatory activity in human patients with MDD

From: Hormonal regulation of circuit function: sex, systems and depression

Frequency band

Reported changes in MDD patients

Delta

Reduced global power [95, 96]

Increased global power [97, 98]

Decreased phase synchronization in the centro-parieto-occipital regions [84]

Theta

Reduced power in the occipito-parietal region [88, 89]

Aberrant synchronization in the frontoparietal network [89]

Abnormal activity in corticolimbic structures [88, 89]

Alpha

Increased global power [48,49,50]

Frontal asymmetry (L > R) [8, 55, 57,58,59,60,61,62]

Parietotemporal asymmetry (R > L) [60, 65, 74,75,76,77,78]

Decreased synchronization in frontoparietal network [84]

Increased resting power in the NAc [86]

Beta

Dominant global power [83,84,85]

Increased synchronization in frontoparietal network [84]

Gamma

Reduced power in the frontal and central regions [103]