BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 234-237 , October 2009

Exploring the optimal site for the localization of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in brain stimulation experiments

  • Paul B. Fitzgerald, MBBS, MPM, PhD, FRANZCP

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Professor Paul B. Fitzgerald, Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, First Floor, Old Baker Building, The Alfred, Commercial Rd Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004.
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  • Jerome J. Maller, BSc, GradDipPsych, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Kate E. Hoy, BBNSc (Hons), DPsych (Clin Neuro)

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Richard Thomson, BEng (Hons), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Zafiris J. Daskalakis, MD, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 8 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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 The study was supported in part by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant (436710) and the Neurosciences Australia Clinical Neurobiology of Psychiatry Platform.

 PF and ZD have received support for research conducted with Neuronetics Inc, a TMS equipment manufacturer.

 PF was supported by a Practitioner Fellowship grant from the NHMRC and ZD by a NARSAD Young Investigator award.

PII: S1935-861X(09)00014-X

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.03.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 234-237 , October 2009

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