Adjunctive treatment with transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment resistant depression: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-24

  Zhang, Xuan Hong ^a   Wang, Li Wei ^b   Wang, Ji Jun ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Fan, Ye ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Efficacy; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); Treatment resistant depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876320877     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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