Therapeutic Efficacy of Right Prefrontal Slow Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depression
Author(s) -
E.A. Klein,
Isabella Kreinin,
Andrei V. Chistyakov,
Danny Koren,
Lilly Mecz,
Sarah Marmur,
Dorit BenShachar,
Moshé Feinsod
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.4.315
Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , depression (economics) , electroconvulsive therapy , placebo , psychology , medicine , stimulation , psychiatry , anesthesia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive technique for stimulation of the brain, has recently been suggested to be effective for the treatment of major depression. We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy of slow repetitive TMS (rTMS) in patients with major depression.
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