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Differences among electrode placements.
| Electrode placement |
Positioning | Seizure threshold |
Antidepressant efficacy | Cognitive side effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bifrontal | Superior to each external canthus |
High | Equal to bilateral |
Possibly less than bilateral |
| Bilateral | Bifrontotemporal | Higher | Standard | Significant |
| R-unilateral | R-frontotemporal R-centroparietal |
Lower | Equally to bilateral with adequate dosing |
Minimum |
R: Right.
