Acute effect of twice-daily 15 mA transcranial alternating current stimulation on treatment-resistant depression: a case series study

Wenfeng Zhao¹, Huang Wang¹, Haixia Leng¹, Qing Xue¹, Mao Peng¹, Xiukun Jin¹, Liucen Tan¹, Na Pan¹, Xuedi Wang¹, Jie Wang^{2

3}, Keming Gao⁴, Xiangyang Zhang⁵, Hongxing Wang^{1

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Beijing Psychosomatic Disease Consultation Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China.
³ University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁵ CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁶ Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.
⁷ Institute of Special Medical Sciences, School of Forensic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

Wenfeng Zhao et al. Gen Psychiatr. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 10;36(6):e101278.

doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2023-101278. eCollection 2023.

Wenfeng Zhao¹, Huang Wang¹, Haixia Leng¹, Qing Xue¹, Mao Peng¹, Xiukun Jin¹, Liucen Tan¹, Na Pan¹, Xuedi Wang¹, Jie Wang^{2

3}, Keming Gao⁴, Xiangyang Zhang⁵, Hongxing Wang^{1

6

7}

¹ Department of Neurology, Beijing Psychosomatic Disease Consultation Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan, China.
³ University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁵ CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁶ Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.
⁷ Institute of Special Medical Sciences, School of Forensic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: depression; depressive disorder, treatment-resistant; neuropsychiatry.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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