Effect of electroconvulsive therapy on cortical excitability in patients with major depression: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 386-392

  Chistyakov, Andrei V ^a   Kaplan, Boris ^a   Rubichek, Odil ^b   Kreinin, Isabella ^b   Koren, Dani ^b   Hafner, Hava ^a   Feinsod, Moshe ^a   Klein, Ehud ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; depression; Electro convulsive therapy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12344281725     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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