High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Refractory Depression by Influencing Catecholamine and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factors - Concepedia

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High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Refractory Depression by Influencing Catecholamine and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factors

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2006

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Toru Yukimasa, Reiji Yoshimura, Akira Tamagawa, Takashi Uozumi, Koji Shinkai, N. Ueda, Shoji Tsuji, Jun Nakamura

Pharmacopsychiatry

Abstract

These results suggest that rTMS treatment brings about some improvement in refractory depression, especially for symptoms such as agitation, by influencing MHPG and BDNF, which is in accordance with previous reports showing that BDNF was increased by various antidepressants treatments.