Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in major depression: Relation between efficacy and stimulation intensity

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 638-645

  Padberg, Frank ^a   Zwanzger, Peter ^a   Keck, Martin E ^b   Kathmann, Norbert ^a   Mikhaiel, Patrick ^a   Ella, Robin ^a   Rupprecht, Philipp ^a   Thoma, Heike ^a   Hampel, Harald ^a   Toschi, Nicola ^b   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Current density; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Major depression; Medication resistance; Stimulation intensity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; LITHIUM; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIGRAINE; PARESTHESIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0036789816     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(02)00338-X     Document Type: Article

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