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The Effects of TMS on Animal Models of Depression, β-Adrenergic Receptors, and Brain Monoamines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

R.H. Belmaker ,
Nimrod Grisaru ,
Dorit Ben-Shahar  and
Ehud Klein
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Abstract

In initial studies using animal models of depression, we primarily focused on the similarities of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). However, our investigations show that TMS has its own, unique, potentially diagnostic and therapeutic effects, distinct from those of ECT. These effects need further exploration in animal and clinical studies.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 2 , Issue 1: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Mapping & Modifying Brain-Behavior Relationships , January 1997 , pp. 26 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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