The effect of daily prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over several weeks on resting motor threshold

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Zarkowski, Paul ^a   Navarro, Rita ^a   Pavlicova, Martina ^b   George, Mark S ^c   Avery, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

major depression; rMT; rTMS; safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650080927     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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