Novel neurotherapeutics in psychiatry: use and rationale of transcranial direct current stimulation in major depressive disorder

Background : Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a novel non-pharmacological intervention being investigated for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). Objective : To perform an updated review of tDCS for MDD. Method : Systematic review in Medline/PubMed and other dat...

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Main Authors: Adriano H. Moffa, Leandro Valiengo, Pedro Shiozawa, André Russowsky Brunoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-04-01
Series:Archives of Clinical Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832014000100015&lng=en&tlng=en