A symptom-specific analysis of the effect of high-frequency left or low-frequency right transcranial magnetic stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in major depression

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Rossini, D ^a   Lucca, A ^a   Magri, L ^a   Malaguti, A ^a   Smeraldi, E ^a   Colombo, C ^a   Zanardi, R ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Major depression; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPHYSICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77952970379     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315439     Document Type: Article

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