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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation does not potentiate antidepressant treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

E. Poulet
Affiliation:
EA 3092, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron cedex, France IFR 19, Institut Fédératif des Neurosciences de Lyon (IFNL), Hôpital cardiologique, Bâtiment B13, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394Lyon cedex 03, France
J. Brunelin
Affiliation:
EA 3092, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron cedex, France IFR 19, Institut Fédératif des Neurosciences de Lyon (IFNL), Hôpital cardiologique, Bâtiment B13, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394Lyon cedex 03, France
C. Boeuve
Affiliation:
IFR 19, Institut Fédératif des Neurosciences de Lyon (IFNL), Hôpital cardiologique, Bâtiment B13, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394Lyon cedex 03, France
J. Lerond
Affiliation:
EA 3092, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron cedex, France IFR 19, Institut Fédératif des Neurosciences de Lyon (IFNL), Hôpital cardiologique, Bâtiment B13, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394Lyon cedex 03, France
T. D’Amato*
Affiliation:
EA 3092, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron cedex, France IFR 19, Institut Fédératif des Neurosciences de Lyon (IFNL), Hôpital cardiologique, Bâtiment B13, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394Lyon cedex 03, France
J. Dalery
Affiliation:
EA 3092, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron cedex, France IFR 19, Institut Fédératif des Neurosciences de Lyon (IFNL), Hôpital cardiologique, Bâtiment B13, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394Lyon cedex 03, France
M. Saoud
Affiliation:
EA 3092, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69677 Bron cedex, France IFR 19, Institut Fédératif des Neurosciences de Lyon (IFNL), Hôpital cardiologique, Bâtiment B13, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394Lyon cedex 03, France
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*Corresponding author. Email address: [email protected] (J. Dalery).
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Abstract

In a double blind controlled study, rTMS results in a similar antidepressant effect to sham in combination with paroxetine. Both groups had the same delay in scale’s scores improvement. rTMS seems not to be efficient as an add-on treatment to pharmacological medication in non-resistant major depression.

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Copyright © 2004 European Psychiatric Association

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