Chronic treatment with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation inhibits seizure induction by electroconvulsive shock in rats

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 759-763

  Fleischmann, Amos ^a   Hirschmann, Schmuel ^a   Dolberg, Ornah T ^a   Dannon, Pinhas N ^a   Grunhaus, Leon ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animals; Electroconvulsive shock; Electroconvulsive therapy; Major depressive disorder; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SKULL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0033559077     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00211-X     Document Type: Article

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