Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Supplementary Motor Area in the treatment of Tourette Syndrome: Report of two cases

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2314-2315

  Mantovani, Antonio ^a,b   Leckman, James F ^c   Grantz, Heidi ^c   King, Robert A ^c   Sporn, Alexandra L ^a   Lisanby, Sarah H ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUPHENAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINE; PIMOZIDE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREAMING SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34548536257     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.07.011     Document Type: Letter

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