Treating auditory hallucinations by transcranial magnetic stimulation: A randomized controlled cross-over trial

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-69

  Jandl, Martin ^a,b   Steyer, Juergen ^a   Weber, Martin ^a   Linden, David E J ^c   Rothmeier, Johannes ^a   Maurer, Konrad ^b   Kaschka, Wolfgang P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hallucination; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL PATIENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOM RATING SCALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33645965261     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091721     Document Type: Article

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