Treatment of major depressive disorder by transcranial random noise stimulation: Case report of a novel treatment

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages e9-

  Chan, Herng Nieng ^a,b   Alonzo, Angelo ^a   Martin, Donel M ^a   Player, Michael ^a   Mitchell, Philip B ^a   Sachdev, Perminder ^a,c   Loo, Colleen K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRTAZAPINE; REBOXETINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DSM-IV; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANCHOLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84864279890     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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