Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , 30 August 2003

Reductions in phenomenological, physiological and attentional indices of depressive mood after 2 Hz rTMS over the right parietal cortex in healthy human subjects

  • Jack van Honk

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Research Institute, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-30-253-3409; fax: +31-30-253-4511
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  • Dennis J.L.G. Schutter

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Research Institute, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Peter Putman

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Research Institute, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Edward H.F de Haan

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Research Institute, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Alfredo A.L d'Alfonso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Received 22 July 2002 ,Revised 10 March 2003 ,Accepted 28 March 2003.

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PII: S0165-1781(03)00114-8

doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00114-8

Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , 30 August 2003

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