Can fMRI-guidance improve the efficacy of rTMS treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 406-408

  Sommer, I E C ^a   Slotema, C W ^b   de Weijer, A D ^a   Blom, J D ^b   Daalman, K ^a   Neggers, S F ^a   Somers, M ^a   Hoek, H W ^b   Aleman, A ^c   Kahn, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249340097     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.03.020     Document Type: Letter

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