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| Berry S AndersonSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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A single 20 mg dose of the full D1 dopamine agonist dihydrexidine (DAR-0100) increases prefrontal perfusion in schizophreniaQiwen Mu
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Institute of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Schizophr Res 94:332-41. 2007..These data are consistent with the hypothesis formulated from studies of non-human primates that dihydrexidine and other D1 agonists may be able to modulate prefrontal dopaminergic function...- Tolerability and safety of high daily doses of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in healthy young menBerry Anderson
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, USA
J ECT 22:49-53. 2006..Despite this intense treatment regimen, we failed to produce significant side effects. Doses of up to 12,960 pulses per day appear safe and tolerable in healthy young men... - A review of studies comparing methods for determining transcranial magnetic stimulation motor threshold: observation of movement or electromyography assistedBerry S Anderson
Brain Stimulation Laboratory and College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 15:304-13. 2009..It is unclear whether the two approaches (EMG and OM) reach similar conclusions about an individual's cortical excitability and when best to use each approach... 
Decreasing procedural pain over time of left prefrontal rTMS for depression: initial results from the open-label phase of a multi-site trial (OPT-TMS)Berry S Anderson
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Psychiatry Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Brain Stimul 2:88-92. 2009..We analyzed interim results from the open-label phase of a multi-site randomized trial of rTMS as a treatment for depression to investigate whether the procedural pain of left prefrontal rTMS changes over time...- Acute vagus nerve stimulation using different pulse widths produces varying brain effectsQiwen Mu
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Institute of Psychiatry 502N, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Biol Psychiatry 55:816-25. 2004..These data suggest that PW is an important variable in producing VNS brain effects... - Left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment of depression in bipolar affective disorder: a pilot study of acute safety and efficacyZiad Nahas
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Bipolar Disord 5:40-7. 2003..We failed to find statistically significant TMS clinical antidepressant effects greater than sham. Further studies are needed to fully investigate the potential role, if any, of TMS in BPAD depression... - Acute left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in depressed patients is associated with immediately increased activity in prefrontal cortical as well as subcortical regionsXingbao Li
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Biol Psychiatry 55:882-90. 2004..Further work is needed to understand whether these immediate changes vary as a function of TMS use parameters (intensity, frequency, location) and whether they relate to neurobiologic effects and antidepressant mechanisms of TMS... - Ten sessions of adjunctive left prefrontal rTMS significantly reduces fibromyalgia pain: a randomized, controlled pilot studyE Baron Short
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President St, PO Box 250861, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pain 152:2477-84. 2011..TMS was well tolerated, with few side effects. Further studies that address study limitations are needed to determine whether daily prefrontal TMS may be an effective, durable, and clinically useful treatment for fibromyalgia symptoms... - Fractional anisotropy changes after several weeks of daily left high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the prefrontal cortex to treat major depressionF Andrew Kozel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
J ECT 27:5-10. 2011..A decrease in fractional anisotropy values of the left prefrontal WM could indicate damage to the region... 
Safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of high doses of adjunctive daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in a clinical settingDakota Hadley
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Psychiatry Department, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
J ECT 27:18-25. 2011....- Daily left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for major depressive disorder: a sham-controlled randomized trialMark S George
Brain Stimulation Division, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:507-16. 2010..Daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been studied as a potential treatment for depression, but previous work had mixed outcomes and did not adequately mask sham conditions... - Interleaved transcranial magnetic stimulation and fMRI suggests that lamotrigine and valproic acid have different effects on corticolimbic activityXingbao Li
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, 502N, 67 President St, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 209:233-44. 2010..A previous study showed that lamotrigine (LTG) inhibited brain activation induced when TMS was applied over motor cortex, whereas it increased activation induced by TMS applied over prefrontal cortex... - Lamotrigine and valproic acid have different effects on motorcortical neuronal excitabilityXingbao Li
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC IOP, 502 N, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA
J Neural Transm 116:423-9. 2009..07, P < 0.05) and enhanced by valproic acid (t = 2.39, P < 0.05). Lamotrigine and valproic acid have different effects on cortical neuronal excitability as demonstrated by TMS... - Focal electrically administered therapy: device parameter effects on stimulus perception in humansJeffrey J Borckardt
Psychiatry Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J ECT 25:91-8. 2009..This study used a simpler paradigm and evaluated the effects of different stimulation parameters on subjective perception of the quality and location of scalp pain... - A single 20 mg dose of dihydrexidine (DAR-0100), a full dopamine D1 agonist, is safe and tolerated in patients with schizophreniaMark S George
Brain Stimulation Laboratory BSL, Psychiatry Department, Medical University of South Carolina MUSC 29425, United States
Schizophr Res 93:42-50. 2007..No medication interactions were seen. Thus, a single subcutaneous dose of dihydrexidine is tolerated and safe in patients with schizophrenia and does not produce delayed clinical or neuropsychological improvements... - Safety and benefits of distance-adjusted prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in depressed patients 55-75 years of age: a pilot studyZiad Nahas
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Institute of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Depress Anxiety 19:249-56. 2004.... - Can left prefrontal rTMS be used as a maintenance treatment for bipolar depression?Xingbao Li
Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Room 502 North, PO Box 250861, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Depress Anxiety 20:98-100. 2004..9) over the year. These data suggest but do not prove that TMS might eventually be used as an adjunctive maintenance treatment for at least some patients with bipolar depression. Much work remains... - Vagus nerve stimulation affects pain perception in depressed adultsJeffrey J Borckardt
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Pain Res Manag 10:9-14. 2005.... - Acute and long-term VNS effects on pain perception in a case of treatment-resistant depressionJeffrey J Borckardt
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Neurocase 12:216-20. 2006..If the acutely increased sensitivity sets the stage for the slower chronic anti-pain effects, the increased acute sensitivity does not disappear. Acute and chronic effects of VNS on pain perception merit further research... - Reducing pain and unpleasantness during repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationJeffrey J Borckardt
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
J ECT 22:259-64. 2006..More systematic research is needed on the effectiveness of different strategies for reducing rTMS-related pain and discomfort... - Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of depression and other neuropsychiatric disordersMark S George
Institute of Psychiatry MUSC, Brain Stimulation Laboratory, 67 President Street, Room 502 North, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 7:63-74. 2007..Much more research is needed regarding exactly how to refine and deliver the electrical pulses and how this differentially affects brain function in health and disease... - Serial vagus nerve stimulation functional MRI in treatment-resistant depressionZiad Nahas
Department of Psychiatry, Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Mood Disorders Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 32:1649-60. 2007..Future interleaved VNS/fMRI studies to confirm these findings and further clarify the regional neurobiological effects of VNS... - Brain stimulation for the treatment of psychiatric disordersMark S George
Brain Stimulation Laboratory and Mood Disorders Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:250-4; discussion 247-9. 2007..The methods in this class range from non-invasive (transcranial magnetic stimulation) to invasive brain surgery (deep brain stimulation)... - Bilateral epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation for treatment-resistant depressionZiad Nahas
Department of Psychiatry, Mood Disorders Program and Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Biol Psychiatry 67:101-9. 2010..We chose to pilot the safety and therapeutic benefits of chronic and intermittent epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation (EpCS) in patients with treatment-resistant depression... - Neurocognitive deficits and prefrontal cortical atrophy in patients with schizophreniaLeonardo Bonilha
Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Schizophr Res 101:142-51. 2008..We investigated the relationship between prefrontal cortical atrophy as measured by MRI and the neuropsychological performance of participants diagnosed with DSM-IV-TR schizophrenia... - Novel treatments of mood disorders based on brain circuitry (ECT, MST, TMS, VNS, DBS)Mark S George
Brain Stimulation Laboratory and the Department of Psychiatry, Center for Advanced Imaging Research at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry 7:293-304. 2002..These novel treatments are thus the translational tools to bridge from advances in brain imaging, into new treatments for depressed patients...