Prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as add on treatment in depression

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 546-548

  Garcia Toro, M ^a,d   Pascual Leone, A ^b,c   Romera, M ^a   Gonzalez A ^a   Mico J ^a   Ibarra, O ^a   Arnillas, H ^a   Capllonch, I ^a   Mayol, A ^a   Tormos, J M ^c  

^a Complejo Hospitalario de Mallorca ^*  (Spain)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Major depression; Prefrontal area; Sertraline; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SERTRALINE;

EID: 0034807468     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.4.546     Document Type: Article

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