Right and left dorsolateral pre-frontal rTMS treatment of refractory depression: A randomized, sham-controlled trial

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 467-474

  Triggs, William J ^a,b,c   Ricciuti, Nikki ^c   Ward, Herbert E ^c   Cheng, Jing ^b   Bowers, Dawn ^b   Goodman, Wayne K ^c,d   Kluger, Benzi M ^b   Nadeau, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Major depressive disorder; RTMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE PAIN; FACE MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE SPASM; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955175151     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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