Dorsolateral prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation tion in patients with major depression locally affects alpha power of REM sleep

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Pellicciari, M C ^a   Cordone, S ^b   Marzano, C ^b   Bignotti, S ^a   Gazzoli, A ^a   Miniussi, C ^a,c   De Gennaro, L ^b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha activity; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Major depression; REM sleep; Repetitive transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOOD; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84933672292     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00433     Document Type: Article

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