Management of post-stroke depression (PSD) by electroencephalography for effective rehabilitation

•In this study, we provided a unique and systematic review on the most related literature of the clinical applications of EEG for PSD and offered a cross-section that is useful for determining optimal practices.•Post-stroke depression (PSD) has significant negative impacts on the daily life of stroke survivors and delays their neurologic recovery.•However, the traditional post-stroke rehabilitation mainly focused on motor restoration, whereas little attention was given to the affective deficits.•The aims of the study were to gather EEG based empirical evidence for PSD diagnosis, to review interventions for managing PSD, and to analyze the evaluation approaches.•The review showed the needs for understanding the cortical responses of PSD, in order to improve its diagnosis and precision treatment.