Appraisal of sessional EEG features as a correlate of clinical changes in an rTMS treatment of depression

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Price, Greg W ^a,c   Lee, J W ^a,c   Garvey, C ^a   Gibson, N ^b  

^a North Metropolitan Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha activity; Asymmetry index; Clinical prediction; Electroencephalography; Major depressive disorder; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52249093548     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940803900307     Document Type: Review

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