Treatment of depression with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): A Review

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-19

  Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Boggio, Paulo S ^b   Fregni, Felipe ^c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Depression; Humans; Prefrontal cortex; rTMS; tDCS; Therapy; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM SALT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549125229     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.03.038     Document Type: Review

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