Ovlivnění kognitivního deficitu u nemocných s depresivní poruchou pomocí rTMS v podmínkách jednoduše slepé, randomizované studie

• Title in English: Procognitive effect of rTMS in depression - randomized, blind study.
• Authors: KUČEROVÁ Hana; PŘIKRYL Radovan; NAVRÁTILOVÁ Petra; ČEŠKOVÁ Eva; USTOHAL Libor
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Česká a slovenská psychiatrie
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Psychiatry, sexuology
• Keywords: depression - rTMS - cognition
• Description: Depression is associated with a certain kind of cognitive deficit. Cognitive deficit in depression is characterized especially by impaired memory, impaired attention, executive functions deficit and diminished verbal fluency. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a noninvasive brain technique and turns out that a pottentionally suitable tool for treatment of depression in all sorts of this disorder. In spite of this it is necessary to improve our knowledge about optimal parametres of rTMS application and its time frame formaintenance of treatment. On the top of this, continuation of rTMS effect and safeness of sequel therapy are not explore very well.

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