The Neural Crossroads of Psychiatric Illness: An Emerging Target for Brain Stimulation

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 107-120

  Downar, Jonathan ^a,b,c,d   Blumberger, Daniel M ^a,b,e   Daskalakis, Zafiris J ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cingulate; DBS; Insula; Neuroimaging; Psychiatry; Resting state; RTMS; Salience; TDCS; VBM

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEUROIMAGING; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; SURGERY; WELL STIMULATION;

CINGULATE; INSULA; PSYCHIATRY; RESTING STATE; SALIENCE; TDCS;

NEUROSURGERY;

AGORAPHOBIA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPIDURAL CORTICAL STIMULATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MAGNETIC SEIZURE THERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84959092309     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.10.007     Document Type: Review

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