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Rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation and normalization of the dexamethasone suppression test
Author(s) -
Saxby Pridmore
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00467.x
Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , antidepressant , dexamethasone , dexamethasone suppression test , stimulation , normalization (sociology) , psychology , stimulus (psychology) , medicine , endocrinology , neuroscience , psychotherapist , sociology , anthropology , hippocampus
Non‐suppression of post‐dexamethasone cortisol is a feature of endogenous/melancholic depression. Normalization of the dexamethasone suppresion test (DST) response is a feature of remission and antidepressant treatment. Twelve consecutive depressed non‐suppressers were treated with rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Six demonstrated normalization and good clinical improvement which was sustained for at least 1 month. Thus, rTMS has some biological effects in common with other antidepressant treatments.