Bilateral vs. unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treating major depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-57

  Chen, Jian jun ^a,b,c   Liu, Zhao ^a,b,c   Zhu, Dan ^a,b,c   Li, Qi ^a,b,c   Zhang, Hongzhi ^b,c   Huang, Hua ^b,c   Wei, Youdong ^a,b,c   Mu, Jun ^a,b,c   Yang, Deyu ^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; Meta analysis; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; RTMS

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; BILATERAL REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNILATERAL REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MALE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902546609     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.05.010     Document Type: Review

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