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2010 • 418 citations

The Impact of Treatment-Resistant Depression on Health Care Utilization and Costs

2002 • 367 citations

Antidepressant efficacy of high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in double-blind sham-controlled designs: a meta-analysis

2008 • 357 citations

Internal pilot studies for estimating sample size

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The expanding evidence base for rTMS treatment of depression

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Effects of left frontal transcranial magnetic stimulation on depressed mood, cognition, and corticomotor threshold

1999 • 187 citations

Acute left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in depressed patients is associated with immediately increased activity in prefrontal cortical as well as subcortical regions

2004 • 171 citations

Accelerated HF-rTMS in treatment-resistant unipolar depression: Insights from subgenual anterior cingulate functional connectivity

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Striatal dopamine release after prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depression: Preliminary results of a dynamic [123I] IBZM SPECT study

2005 • 170 citations

Correlation of cerebral blood flow and treatment effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in depressed patients

2002 • 164 citations

Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Practice Post-FDA Approval in the United States

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Brain Effects of TMS Delivered Over Prefrontal Cortex in Depressed Adults

2001 • 158 citations

Plasma Concentrations of Neuroactive Steroids before and after Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Major Depression

2002 • 154 citations

Effects of a 2- to 4-week course of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on neuropsychologic functioning, electroencephalogram, and auditory threshold in depressed patients

2001 • 144 citations

High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Refractory Depression by Influencing Catecholamine and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factors

2006 • 142 citations

Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on serum brain derived neurotrophic factor in drug resistant depressed patients

2006 • 138 citations

Metabolic alterations in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex after treatment with high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with unipolar major depression

2006 • 135 citations

The relationship between brain oscillatory activity and therapeutic effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of major depressive disorder

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Acute prefrontal rTMS increases striatal dopamine to a similar degree as d-amphetamine

2007 • 125 citations

Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Changes after Low-Frequency Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Treatment-Resistant Depression

2008 • 110 citations

High (15 Hz) and low (1 Hz) frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation have different acute effects on regional cerebral blood flow in depressed patients

2003 • 107 citations

Left dorso-lateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation affects cortical excitability and functional connectivity, but does not impair cognition in major depression

2002 • 100 citations

Neurobiological mechanisms of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the underlying neuro circuitry in unipolar depression

2011 • 91 citations

Antidepressant mechanism of add-on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in medication-resistant depression using cerebral glucose metabolism

2010 • 91 citations

Changes in Regional Cerebral Blood Flow After Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Treatment-Resistant Depression

2008 • 88 citations

Modulation of cardiac autonomic functions in patients with major depression treated with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

2007 • 87 citations

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2007 • 87 citations

A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of the Effects of Low Frequency Right Prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Depression

2007 • 87 citations

High-frequency rTMS treatment increases white matter FA in the left middle frontal gyrus in young patients with treatment-resistant depression

2012 • 82 citations

A randomized trial of unilateral and bilateral prefrontal cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment-resistant major depression

2010 • 82 citations

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2005 • 81 citations

HF-rTMS Treatment in Medication-Resistant Melancholic Depression: Results from ¹⁸FDG-PET Brain Imaging

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SPECT mapping of cerebral activity changes induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in depressed patients. A pilot study

2001 • 74 citations

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on [11C]raclopride binding and cognitive function in patients with depression

2006 • 73 citations

High-frequency rTMS treatment increases left prefrontal myo-inositol in young patients with treatment-resistant depression

2010 • 69 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor serum concentrations in depressive patients during vagus nerve stimulation and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

2006 • 68 citations

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2011 • 67 citations

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Glutamate Alterations Associated With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Youth Depression

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Long Term Effects of Left Frontal rTMS on EEG and ERPs in Patients with Depression

2008 • 64 citations

Lack of Significant Changes on Magnetic Resonance Scans Before and After 2 Weeks of Daily Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression

2000 • 64 citations

An Investigation of Medial Temporal Lobe Changes and Cognition Following Antidepressant Response: A Prospective rTMS Study

2012 • 61 citations

Combining high and low frequencies in rTMS antidepressive treatment: preliminary results

2002 • 56 citations

The impact of one HF-rTMS session on mood and salivary cortisol in treatment resistant unipolar melancholic depressed patients

2008 • 56 citations

Cerebral blood flow changes in depressed patients after treatment with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: evidence of individual variability.

2002 • 53 citations

Potentiation of quantitative electroencephalograms following prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with major depression

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The combined dexamethasone-CRH test before and after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in major depression

2003 • 48 citations

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and cortical excitability in patients with major depressive disorder

2005 • 48 citations

Fractional Anisotropy Changes After Several Weeks of Daily Left High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Prefrontal Cortex to Treat Major Depression

2010 • 47 citations

Dorsolateral prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with major depression locally affects alpha power of REM sleep

2013 • 44 citations

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Dexamethasone Suppression Test Reversal in Rapid Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Treated Depression

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Regional cerebral blood flow changes in drug-resistant depressed patients following treatment with transcranial magnetic stimulation: a statistical parametric mapping analysis

2000 • 33 citations

Electrophysiological differences between high and low frequency rTMS protocols in depression treatment

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The effect of daily prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over several weeks on resting motor threshold

2009 • 30 citations

Improvement of health-related quality of life in depression after transcranial magnetic stimulation in a naturalistic trial is associated with decreased perfusion in precuneus

2012 • 26 citations

Equivalent brain SPECT perfusion changes underlying therapeutic efficiency in pharmacoresistant depression using either high-frequency left or low-frequency right prefrontal rTMS

2012 • 25 citations

The effects of 3 weeks of rTMS treatment on P200 amplitude in patients with depression

2014 • 23 citations

Localized Potentiation of Sleep Slow-Wave Activity Induced by Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients with a Major Depressive Episode

2012 • 23 citations

Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on saccades in depression: A pilot study

2005 • 22 citations

Chronic repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation failed to change dopamine synthesis rate: Preliminary L‐[β‐¹¹C]DOPA positron emission tomography study in patients with depression

2010 • 22 citations

Prefrontal Cortex Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Does not Change Local Diffusion: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in Patients With Depression

2003 • 21 citations

The effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on depressive symptoms and the P₃₀₀event-related potential

2006 • 20 citations

Cerebral blood flow in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex and modulation of the mood-regulatory networks in a successful rTMS treatment for major depressive disorder

2012 • 12 citations

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of patients with depression

2009 • 10 citations

Clinical and electrophysiological effect of right and left repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with major depressive disorder

2011 • 10 citations

Motor Cortical Excitability in Depressive Patients After Electroconvulsive Therapy and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

2005 • 9 citations

Analysis of Brain Functional Changes in High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Treatment-Resistant Depression

2014 • 7 citations

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2010 • 4 citations