Safety, tolerability and preliminary evidence for antidepressant efficacy of theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with major depression

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-393

  Chistyakov, Andrei V ^a   Rubicsek, Odil ^a   Kaplan, Boris ^a   Zaaroor, Menashe ^a   Klein, Ehud ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Major depression; Safety; Therapeutic efficacy; Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THERA BURST TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77953535444     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145710000027     Document Type: Article

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