Transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of post-stroke depression: Results from a randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded trial

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 170-175

  Valiengo, Leandro C L ^a   Goulart, Alessandra C ^a   De Oliveira, Janaina F ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Brunoni, Andre R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; REMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84994797886     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-314075     Document Type: Article

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