Increased cortical inhibition in depression: A prolonged silent period with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 565-570

  Steele, J D ^a   Glabus, M F ^a   Shajahan, P M ^a   Ebmeier, K P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

EID: 0034125797     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799002032     Document Type: Article

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