Changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis following successful treatment with low-frequency right prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment-resistant depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Kito, Shinsuke ^a   Hasegawa, Takashi ^a   Fujita, Kenichi ^a   Koga, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axis; Major depression; Therapeutic efficacy; Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH); Thyroxine (T4); Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Triiodothyronine (T3)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 72049125609     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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