A double blind study showing that two weeks of daily repetitive TMS over the left or right temporoparietal cortex reduces symptoms in patients with schizophrenia who are having treatment-refractory auditory hallucinations

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-181

  Lee, Seung Hwan ^a   Kim, Won ^b   Chung, Young Cho ^a   Jung, Kyung Hee ^c   Bahk, Won Myong ^b   Jun, Tae Yun ^b   Kim, Kwang Soo ^b   George, Mark S ^d   Chae, Jeong Ho ^b  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Keyo Hospital   (South Korea)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucination; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 13844266333     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.11.048     Document Type: Article

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