A 6-month follow-up case report of regional cerebral blood flow changes in treatment-resistant depression after successful treatment with bilateral transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages e12-e14

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

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Depression; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952194690     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181dd18e2     Document Type: Article

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