Pilot study of feasibility of the effect of treatment with tDCS in patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression treated with escitalopram

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1185-1189

  Bennabi, D ^a,b   Nicolier, M ^a,b   Monnin, J ^a,b   Tio, G ^a   Pazart, L ^a   Vandel, P ^a,b   Haffen, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Depression; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Treatment resistance

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ESCITALOPRAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SALPETRIERE RETARDATION RATING SCALE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN REDNESS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, TREATMENT-RESISTANT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928755186     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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