Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of psychiatric disorders

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 541-548

  Pridmore, Saxby ^a,b   Belmaker, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depression; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032728043     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00603.x     Document Type: Review

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