Left versus right repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treating major depression: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1260-1264

  Chen, Jianjun ^a,b,c   Zhou, Chuanjuan ^a,b,c   Wu, Bo ^a,b,c   Wang, Ying ^a,b,c   Li, Qi ^a,b,c   Wei, Youdong ^a,b,c   Yang, Deyu ^a,b,c   Mu, Jun ^a,b,c   Zhu, Dan ^a,b,c   Zou, Dezhi ^a,b,c   Xie, Peng ^a,b,c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING KEY LABORATORY OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; MDD; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888286851     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.09.007     Document Type: Review

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