Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 251-255 , 15 December 2007

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

  • Oliver Pogarell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Walter Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Klinikum Grosshadern, D-81377 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 7095 4630; fax: +49 89 7095 7646.
    • ,
  • Gabriele Pöpperl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus Tatsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Franziska Jakob

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Christoph Mulert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Nicola Grossheinrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Rainer Rupprecht

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Möller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Ulrich Hegerl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Frank Padberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig–Maximilians–University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Received 21 September 2006 ,Revised 6 May 2007 ,Accepted 14 May 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00126-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.05.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 251-255 , 15 December 2007

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