BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 200-206 , October 2010

Can a behavioral intervention enhance the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on mood?

  • Kate E. Hoy

      Affiliations

    • Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Kate Hoy, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, First Floor, Old Baker Building, The Alfred, Commercial Road Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004.
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  • Peter G. Enticott

      Affiliations

    • Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Victoria, Australia
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  • Zafiris J. Daskalakis

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Paul B. Fitzgerald

      Affiliations

    • Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, The Alfred and Monash University School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Victoria, Australia

Received 26 November 2009 ,Revised 21 April 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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 K. Hoy and P. Enticott were supported by Post Doctoral Training Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council. P. Fitzgerald was supported by a Practitioner Fellowship grant from National Health and Medical Research Council and ZJ. Daskalakis by a NARSAD Young Investigator award.

 P. Fitzgerald and ZJ. Daskalakis have received support for participation in a research study from Neuronetics Ltd and have no relevant conflicts of interest. K. Hoy and P. Enticott have nothing to disclose.

PII: S1935-861X(10)00059-8

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.06.001

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 200-206 , October 2010

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