A Physiological Marriage Made in Heaven: Treating and Measuring the Brain Through Stimulation

Zafiris J Daskalakis^{1

2

3}, Rachel F Tyndale^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Zafiris J Daskalakis et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;106(4):691-695.

doi: 10.1002/cpt.1576.

Zafiris J Daskalakis^{1

2

3}, Rachel F Tyndale^{3

4

5}

¹ Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

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