Transcranial direct current stimulation in treatment resistant depression: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-251

  Palm, U ^a   Schiller, C ^a   Fintescu, Z ^a   Obermeier, M ^a   Keeser, D ^a   Reisinger, E ^a   Pogarell, O ^a   Nitsche, M A ^b   Moller H J ^a   Padberg, F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

antidepressant treatment; cognition; major depression; noninvasive brain stimulation; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBO EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861621956     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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