Mirtazapine increases cortical excitability in healthy controls and epilepsy patients with major depression.

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Published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry on April 01, 2005

Authors

A Münchau1, J M Langosch, W Gerschlager, J C Rothwell, M Orth, M R Trimble

Author Affiliations

1: Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. Muenchau@uke.uni-hamburg.de

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