Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient suffering from depression and rheumatoid arthritis: Evidence for immunmodulatory effects

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 314-316

  Langguth, Berthold ^a   Braun, Susanne ^a   Aigner, Josef M ^c   Landgrebe, Michael ^a   Weinerth, Jutta ^b   Hajak, Göran ^a   Eichhammer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Barmherzige Brüder Hospital   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Immunmodulation; Transcrannial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; MAPROTILINE; OLANZAPINE; VALDECOXIB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 27244446776     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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