BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 65-70 , April 2011

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus treatment: No enhancement by the dopamine and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor bupropion

This study was presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Diego, CA, October 4-8 2009.

  • Tobias Kleinjung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Tobias Kleinjung, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
    • ,
  • Thomas Steffens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Landgrebe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Veronika Vielsmeier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Elmar Frank

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Julia Burger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Juergen Strutz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Göran Hajak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Berthold Langguth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Received 8 January 2010 ,Revised 16 March 2010 ,Accepted 30 March 2010.

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 The study was funded in part by a grant of the Tinnitus Research Initiative to Tobias Kleinjung and Berthold Langguth.

PII: S1935-861X(10)00049-5

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.03.007

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 65-70 , April 2011

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