A "hypersensitive" hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system could be indicative for a negative clinical high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation outcome in melancholic depressed patients

Brain Stimul. 2010 Jan;3(1):54-7. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.03.008. Epub 2009 May 3.

Authors

Chris Baeken¹, Rudi De Raedt, Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt, Lemke Leyman, Johan Schiettecatte, Kris Poppe, Ellen Anckaert, Axel Bossuyt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels/UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels, Belgium. [email protected]

PMID: 20633431
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.03.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Area Under Curve
Depressive Disorder* / physiopathology
Depressive Disorder* / therapy
Female
Humans
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Pituitary-Adrenal System / physiology*
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / methods*
Treatment Failure*