Transcranial direct current stimulation for major depression: A general system for quantifying transcranial electrotherapy dosage

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 377-385

  Bikson, Marom ^a   Bulow, Peter ^a   Stiller, John W ^a   Datta, Abhishek ^a   Battaglia, Fortunato ^a   Karnup, Sergei V ^a   Postolache, Teodor T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIRECT CURRENT; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NAUSEA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKIN TINGLING; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58649112838     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-008-0040-y     Document Type: Review

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