Equivalent beneficial effects of unilateral and bilateral prefrontal cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation in a large randomized trial in treatment-resistant major depression

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1975-1984

  Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a,b   Hoy, Kate E ^a   Singh, Ajeet ^c   Gunewardene, Ranil ^d   Slack, Christopher ^e   Ibrahim, Samir ^f   Hall, Phillip J ^a   Daskalakis, Z Jeff ^g  

^a Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre ^*  (Australia)

^b Victoria Clinic Prahran   (Australia)

^c Deakin School of Medicine and University Hospital   (Australia)

^d Mosman Private Hospital   (Australia)

^e Pine Rivers Private Hospital   (Australia)

^f Northpark Private Hospital   (Australia)

^g CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; depression; prefrontal cortex; remission; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BILATERAL REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNILATERAL TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883380998     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145713000369     Document Type: Article

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