The expanding evidence base for rTMS treatment of depression

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-18

  George, Mark S ^a   Taylor, Joseph J ^a   Short, E Baron ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Magnetic; Stimulation; Transcranial; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84870942604     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32835ab46d     Document Type: Review

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