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Spreading activation: the origins of brain stimulation in psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Kate E. Hoy  and
Paul B. Fitzgerald
Kate E. Hoy
Affiliation:
Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Commercial Rd Prahran Vic 3181, Australia.
Paul B. Fitzgerald*
Affiliation:
Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Commercial Rd Prahran Vic 3181, Australia.
*
Paul B. Fitzgerald Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Commercial Rd Prahran Vic 3181, Australia. Tel: +61 9076 6564; Fax: +61 9076 6588; E-mail: p.fitzgerald@alfred.org.au
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 302 - 304
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Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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