Are neuroticism and extraversion associated with the antidepressant effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)? An exploratory 4-week trial

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 534, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 306-310

  Berlim, Marcelo T ^a   McGirr, Alexander ^a   Beaulieu, Marie Martine ^a   Van den Eynde, Frederique ^a   Turecki, Gustavo ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Major depression; Neuroticism; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873058497     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.12.029     Document Type: Article

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