A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the effects of low frequency right prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 488-492

  Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a,d   Sritharan, Anusha ^a   Daskalakis, Zafiris J ^b   De Castella, Anthony R ^a   Kulkarni, Jayashri ^a   Egan, Gary ^c  

^a Department of Psychological Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34548666403     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/jcp.0b013e318151521c     Document Type: Article

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