Neurobiology of repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of anxiety: A critical review

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 163-173

  Pallanti, Stefano ^a,b   Bernardi, Silvia ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortical excitability; Panic; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation; Social anxiety; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PANIC DISORDER; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 67651238722     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e32832c2639     Document Type: Review

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