Transcranial direct current stimulation: A promising alternative for the treatment of major depression?;Estimulação transcraniana por corrente direta: Uma alternativa promissora para o tratamento da depressão maior?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Berlim, Marcelo T ^a,b   Neto, Vitor Dias ^a   Turecki, Gustavo ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b FBC 3 Pavilion ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Depression; Mental disorders; Review literature as topic; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROMODULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 67651014886     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000500006     Document Type: Review

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