Low-frequency rTMS over right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the treatment of resistant depression: Cognitive improvement is independent from clinical response, resting motor threshold is related to clinical response

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Pallanti, S ^a,c,d   Di Rollo, A ^d   Antonini, S ^d   Cauli, G ^e   Hollander, E ^b   Quercioli, L ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Institute for Neuroscience   (Italy)

^e FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognition; Motor threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Treatment resistant depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOW FREQUENCY REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84861588929     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336999     Document Type: Article

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