Transcranial direct stimulation and fluoxetine for the treatment of depression

European Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-76

  Rigonatti, Sergio P ^a   Boggio, Paulo S ^b   Myczkowski, Martin L ^a   Otta, Emma ^a   Fiquer, Juliana T ^a   Ribeiro, Rafael B ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^d   Fregni, Felipe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Electrical stimulation; Fluoxetine; Major depression; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949135482     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.09.006     Document Type: Letter

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