Transcranial magnetic stimulation: A potential new treatment for depression associated with traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 789-797

  Reti, Irving M ^a   Schwarz, Noah ^a   Bower, Aaron ^a   Tibbs, Michael ^a   Rao, Vani ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain pathology; Efficacy; High frequency; Low frequency; Safety; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTI EPILEPTIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY LEFT SIDED REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY RIGHT SIDED REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPLICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937576670     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2015.1009168     Document Type: Article

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