Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for epilepsy: Can it also improve depression and vice versa?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-189

  Fregni, Felipe ^a   Schachter, Steven C ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epilepsy; Mood disorders; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS;

EID: 23844553102     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.06.004     Document Type: Review

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