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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

Citation
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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