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Wolfgang Strube1, Michael A Nitsche2, Thomas Wobrock2

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany (Dr Strube, Bunse, Schmitt, Falkai, and Hasan); Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany (Dr Nitsche); Centre of Mental Health, Darmstadt-Dieburg Clinics, Groß-Umstadt, Germany (Dr Wobrock); Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany (Drs Wobrock, Rein, and Herrmann); Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM27), Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (Dr Schmitt); Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Germany and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany (Dr Nieratschker); Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany (Drs Witt and Rietschel). wolfgang.strube@med.uni-muenchen.de.

The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
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PubMed
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Keywords:
brain-derived neurotrophic factormotor-cortical plasticityschizophreniatranscranial direct current stimulationtranscranial magnetic stimulation

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