Increase in PAS-induced neuroplasticity after a treatment courseof transcranial direct current stimulation for depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-147

  Player, Michael J ^a,b   Taylor, Janet L ^a,c   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^a,c,d   Alonzo, Angelo ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,e,f   Martin, Donel ^a,b   Mitchell, Philip B ^a,b   Loo, Colleen K ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Schizophrenia Research Institute   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Major depressive disorder; Motor cortex; Neuroplasticity; Paired associative stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MOOD; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903147925     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.063     Document Type: Article

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