Fabrice Duval

Centre hospitalier de Rouffach, France

Title: Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on chronobiological hypothalamic pituitary-thyroid axis activity in major depression

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Biography

He is a MD psychiatrist, hospital practitioner at the Centre Hospitalier de Rouffach (France), former head of the adult psychiatric Pole 8/9, and former president of the establishment medical commission. His areas of interest are in the fields of chronobiology, neuroendocrinology and psychopharmacology in psychiatric patients (particularly those suffering from affective and psychotic disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). He has published more than 150 articles in international and national journals, as well as book chapters. His current research focuses on the hormonal modifications induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as well as the determination of bio-clinical criteria predictive of the response to this type of treatment in depressed patients.

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