Safety and efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression: a critical appraisal of the last 10 years

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-183

  Rachid, F ^a   Bertschy, G ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical efficacy; Depression; rTMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; PULSE GENERATOR; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; REVIEW; TIME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33749994080     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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