Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for depression: Lots of promise but still lots of questions

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-187

  Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEVICE APPROVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEVICE APPROVAL; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70349798399     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.08.005     Document Type: Editorial

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