Noninvasive brain stimulation for depression-the devil is in the dosing

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 26, 2017, Pages 2593-2594

  Lisanby, Sarah H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; PLACEBO;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; BRAIN;

BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS;

EID: 85021688282     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1702492     Document Type: Editorial

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