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Glutamate Alterations Associated With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Youth Depression

DOI

69

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0

References

2014

Year

Xiao‐Ru Yang, Adam Kirton, T. Christopher Wilkes, Sarah Pradhan, Irene Liu, Natalia Jaworska, Omar Damji, Jamie Keess, Lisa Marie Langevin, Thilinie Rajapakse,
Journal of Ect

Abstract

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is feasible and possibly efficacious in adolescents with MDD. In responders, rTMS may act by induced elevations in elevating DFPLC glutamate levels in the left DLPFC, thereby leading to symptom improvement.