Does non-invasive brain stimulation improve cognition in major depressive disorder? A systematic review

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1759-1769

  Tortella, Gabriel ^a   Selingardi, Priscila M L ^a   Moreno, Marina L ^a   Veronezi, Beatriz P ^a   Brunoni, André R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; Major depressive disorder; Systematic review; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GROOVED PEGBOARD TEST; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STROOP TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; MEDLINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; PUBMED;

EID: 84922450777     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871527313666141130224431     Document Type: Review

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